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Claude Code’s /doctor command told me ~/.local/bin wasn’t in my PATH. That’s where it installs its native binary. Simple fix, right? ...

Docks are basically plug-and-play, right? So if the monitor isn’t working, there must be a setting that’s off somewhere. This will be easy. (narrator voice: it would not, in fact, be easy) ...

When I want to know how well my HVAC system is working, smart thermostats and ad-hoc checks don’t get me as far as I’d like. That means it’s time to create an entire system to monitor that information and present it graphically. This is normal, right? Requirements Overall, I didn’t want to spend much money on this. Yes, time is money, blah blah blah. Learning new tech offsets the cost of time, and it’s a better use of late-night chill time than playing a game anyway. Plus, spoilers… there are graphs. That broad overview gave me the following criteria: ...

Running some static code scanning on my rendered site with Sonarcloud, I found some potential security concerns with how I was loading the mermaid javascript. ...

Here is the setup I’ve been using in Obsidian since late March 2022. The default plugins and configuration would provide most of the functionality I want. However, I tweaked a few things to add more value than my Bullet Journal could provide. ...

It took three days after finishing the work to display Mermaid diagrams (using shortcodes) to discover an easier method. Let’s talk a bit about custom markdown rendering! ...

I learned about Mermaid in 2021 while trying to find a way to better see changes in diagrams at work. Being able to look through a revision history of images was tolerable but only slightly better than the proverbial needle and the unexplained presence of a nearby haystack. But Mermaid resolves my complaints by rendering text/code into fairly nice-looking diagrams and visualizations. Some are too plain for my liking (looking at you, state diagram), but they convey information graphically. That’s all I’m really looking to get here. ...

Time for a new project. Design before development; new territory for a non-work effort…

First post and all that…