I Ditched Obsidian Sync and Built My Own — Here's What Actually Happened

2026-05-31

Obsidian Sync costs $8/month. That’s $96/year to sync markdown files — plain text — across your devices. I already pay for a VPS. I already run Docker. And I was already staring at a bill for a note-syncing service that, fundamentally, moves .md files between computers. So I asked myself: how…

I Just Wanted to Review My Chess Games. I Built a Multiplayer App Instead.

2026-05-31

I lose a chess game. I want to know why. Lichess and Chess.com both have analysis boards, but they’re cluttered, slow to load, and I don’t control my data. I just want to paste a PGN — the standard text format chess games are saved in — and step through my moves on a clean board.…

How I Built Smart Debt Planner with AI Prompts: FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD Deployment

2026-03-01

A step-by-step tutorial for building and deploying Smart Debt Planner using AI prompts, FastAPI, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, and Cloudflare. Includes prompts, architecture, CI/CD pipeline, and troubleshooting.

Build a 3D Chess Replay Viewer with WebGPU in Under 30 Minutes

2026-01-24

A complete step-by-step guide to creating an interactive 3D chess replay viewer using Babylon.js, React, and TypeScript — plus how to add an AI-powered lesson generator backed by LiteLLM, Express, and Postgres.