Tag: Setup

Docker Compose CI/CD with GitHub Actions: A Reliable Flask Workflow

Elena Daehnhardt · 26 Sep, 2026

A complete Docker Compose CI/CD pipeline for a Flask app: test pull requests against real PostgreSQL, publish the tested image to GHCR, and deploy that exact digest to a VPS with rollback. Read more...

From Localhost to Live

Elena Daehnhardt · 26 Sep, 2026

From localhost to production VPS: deploy Docker Compose with Nginx, TLS, firewall defaults, and operations checklists. Read more...

Help! Too Many Tabs! A Developer's System for Organising Links and Environments

Elena Daehnhardt · 23 Sep, 2026

Keeper is brilliant at guarding my passwords and terrible at getting me to localhost:3000 in one click. Here's how I actually organise my dev links and environments — and the two-layer system that finally stuck. Read more...

My Docker Needed Some TLC

Elena Daehnhardt · 17 Sep, 2026

A practical Docker troubleshooting guide for macOS: stalled BuildKit, cache pressure, startup failures, and safe recovery steps. Read more...

Caching Docker Compose Builds with BuildKit

Elena Daehnhardt · 13 Sep, 2026

A practical BuildKit guide for Docker Compose: cache mounts, Dockerfile ordering, and reproducible fast rebuilds. Read more...

Build a Private AI Lab on Your Own Hardware: Why Local Models Matter More in 2026

Elena Daehnhardt · 8 Sep, 2026

A step-by-step guide to running large language models entirely on your own hardware with Ollama and Open WebUI, then adding a private RAG pipeline — and why a summer of model bans and metered billing made owning your own stack feel like the sensible default. Read more...

Connecting Codex CLI, Cursor, and Antigravity via MCP

Elena Daehnhardt · 2 Aug, 2026

I was maintaining three separate integrations — one each for Codex CLI, Cursor, and Antigravity — until I moved them all behind a single shared MCP server. Here's how one LangGraph orchestrator now serves every client without duplicating approval, file-writing, or retry logic. Read more...

How to Run a Multi-LLM Stack as a Team of One

Elena Daehnhardt · 23 Jul, 2026

With open models polarising into 2.8-trillion-parameter giants and sub-4GB pocket reasoners, hardcoding API clients is officially a production anti-pattern. Here is how to build a unified, resilient AI gateway layer in 10 minutes using Docker and LiteLLM. Read more...

Docker Permissions Without Panic: Why I Ran chown Inside My Container

Elena Daehnhardt · 26 Jun, 2026

Why a Flask container throws Permission denied when it runs as a non-root user, and how to fix ownership properly with chown instead of chmod 777. Read more...

Local AI Agents with Cline, Ollama, and MCP

Elena Daehnhardt · 4 Jun, 2026

A practical guide to Cline, Ollama, and MCP — runnable stdio + FastAPI example, where to discover servers, and a short student-oriented note on security vs public directory listings. Read more...

AI Weekly — Agents Grow Up, Clouds Get Bigger

Elena Daehnhardt · 7 Nov, 2025

OpenAI books a mountain of AWS compute, Google ships production tooling for agents, and GitHub adds org-wide steering. A structured breakdown of the week's AI workflow shifts. Read more...

Brewing with Homebrew: Install and Use brew on macOS, Linux and WSL

Elena Daehnhardt · 11 Aug, 2025

Manually compiling software from source or navigating dependency hell on macOS is inefficient. Homebrew solves this by providing a robust package management layer. Here is a complete setup guide, command cheat sheet, and a list of essential developer tools. Read more...

GitHub Codespaces

Elena Daehnhardt · 5 Jan, 2022

GitHub codespaces provide a development environment running in the cloud. A codespace environment is created with the help of configuration files added to a GitHub repository. Read more...

Docker Compose CI/CD with GitHub Actions: A Reliable Flask Workflow Elena Daehnhardt · 26 Sep, 2026 A complete Docker Compose CI/CD pipeline for a Flask app: test pull requests against real PostgreSQL, publish the tested image to GHCR, and deploy that exact digest to a VPS with rollback. Read more...
From Localhost to Live Elena Daehnhardt · 26 Sep, 2026 From localhost to production VPS: deploy Docker Compose with Nginx, TLS, firewall defaults, and operations checklists. Read more...
Help! Too Many Tabs! A Developer's System for Organising Links and Environments Elena Daehnhardt · 23 Sep, 2026 Keeper is brilliant at guarding my passwords and terrible at getting me to localhost:3000 in one click. Here's how I actually organise my dev links and environments — and the two-layer system that finally stuck. Read more...
My Docker Needed Some TLC Elena Daehnhardt · 17 Sep, 2026 A practical Docker troubleshooting guide for macOS: stalled BuildKit, cache pressure, startup failures, and safe recovery steps. Read more...
Caching Docker Compose Builds with BuildKit Elena Daehnhardt · 13 Sep, 2026 A practical BuildKit guide for Docker Compose: cache mounts, Dockerfile ordering, and reproducible fast rebuilds. Read more...
Build a Private AI Lab on Your Own Hardware: Why Local Models Matter More in 2026 Elena Daehnhardt · 8 Sep, 2026 A step-by-step guide to running large language models entirely on your own hardware with Ollama and Open WebUI, then adding a private RAG pipeline — and why a summer of model bans and metered billing made owning your own stack feel like the sensible default. Read more...
Connecting Codex CLI, Cursor, and Antigravity via MCP Elena Daehnhardt · 2 Aug, 2026 I was maintaining three separate integrations — one each for Codex CLI, Cursor, and Antigravity — until I moved them all behind a single shared MCP server. Here's how one LangGraph orchestrator now serves every client without duplicating approval, file-writing, or retry logic. Read more...
How to Run a Multi-LLM Stack as a Team of One Elena Daehnhardt · 23 Jul, 2026 With open models polarising into 2.8-trillion-parameter giants and sub-4GB pocket reasoners, hardcoding API clients is officially a production anti-pattern. Here is how to build a unified, resilient AI gateway layer in 10 minutes using Docker and LiteLLM. Read more...
Docker Permissions Without Panic: Why I Ran chown Inside My Container Elena Daehnhardt · 26 Jun, 2026 Why a Flask container throws Permission denied when it runs as a non-root user, and how to fix ownership properly with chown instead of chmod 777. Read more...
Local AI Agents with Cline, Ollama, and MCP Elena Daehnhardt · 4 Jun, 2026 A practical guide to Cline, Ollama, and MCP — runnable stdio + FastAPI example, where to discover servers, and a short student-oriented note on security vs public directory listings. Read more...
AI Weekly — Agents Grow Up, Clouds Get Bigger Elena Daehnhardt · 7 Nov, 2025 OpenAI books a mountain of AWS compute, Google ships production tooling for agents, and GitHub adds org-wide steering. A structured breakdown of the week's AI workflow shifts. Read more...
Brewing with Homebrew: Install and Use brew on macOS, Linux and WSL Elena Daehnhardt · 11 Aug, 2025 Manually compiling software from source or navigating dependency hell on macOS is inefficient. Homebrew solves this by providing a robust package management layer. Here is a complete setup guide, command cheat sheet, and a list of essential developer tools. Read more...
GitHub Codespaces Elena Daehnhardt · 5 Jan, 2022 GitHub codespaces provide a development environment running in the cloud. A codespace environment is created with the help of configuration files added to a GitHub repository. Read more...