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Alan West

Oct 11

Cloudflare Workers AI Free Tier Can Run Out in 35 Messages. I Did the Math.

#ai #cloudflare #selfhosted #tutorial

6 min read

Cover image for Firefox Download Failed at 99%? How to Resume It Instead of Starting Over

Alan West

Oct 13

Firefox Download Failed at 99%? How to Resume It Instead of Starting Over

#productivity #linux #tutorial #webdev

7 min read

Cover image for JPEG XL vs AVIF in 2026: Chrome Ships JXL, but AVIF Still Makes Smaller Files

Alan West

Oct 16

JPEG XL vs AVIF in 2026: Chrome Ships JXL, but AVIF Still Makes Smaller Files

#webdev #frontend #performance #html

7 min read

Cover image for How to Run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next FP4 Locally (It Needs Blackwell and 55 Env Vars)

Alan West

Oct 16

How to Run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next FP4 Locally (It Needs Blackwell and 55 Env Vars)

#ai #machinelearning #llm #qwen

7 min read

Cover image for DeepSeek Search API: $0.75 per 1,000 Calls vs Tavily's $8. Here's the Catch

Alan West

Oct 18

DeepSeek Search API: $0.75 per 1,000 Calls vs Tavily's $8. Here's the Catch

#ai #python #webdev #agents

7 min read

Cover image for How to Install Linux on an RTX Spark Laptop (No Microsoft Account Needed)

Alan West

Oct 20

How to Install Linux on an RTX Spark Laptop (No Microsoft Account Needed)

#linux #nvidia #windows #tutorial

7 min read

Cover image for How to Run Multiple Claude Code Sessions in tmux (and Why 3 Beats 5)

Alan West

Oct 20

How to Run Multiple Claude Code Sessions in tmux (and Why 3 Beats 5)

#claudecode #ai #productivity #linux

7 min read

Cover image for Firefox 153 Local Mode: Open Local HTML Files Over HTTPS Without a Server

Alan West

Oct 22

Firefox 153 Local Mode: Open Local HTML Files Over HTTPS Without a Server

#webdev #frontend #javascript #firefox

7 min read

Cover image for How to Sandbox Claude Code and Codex in NVIDIA OpenShell (Keep Them Off ~/.ssh)

Alan West

Oct 23

How to Sandbox Claude Code and Codex in NVIDIA OpenShell (Keep Them Off ~/.ssh)

#ai #aiagents #security #claudecode

8 min read

Cover image for GPT-6 on Google Cloud Vertex AI: Your $300 Free Credit Can't Pay for It

Alan West

Oct 23

GPT-6 on Google Cloud Vertex AI: Your $300 Free Credit Can't Pay for It

#ai #openai #googlecloud #programming

7 min read

Cover image for uv Now Type-Checks Python with ty. How to Set Up uv check (Pin ty First)

Alan West

Oct 26

uv Now Type-Checks Python with ty. How to Set Up uv check (Pin ty First)

#python #programming #tutorial #devtools

7 min read

Cover image for vLLM Tool Calling Not Working? 1 in 12 Calls Fail by Default. Here's the Fix

Alan West

Oct 27

vLLM Tool Calling Not Working? 1 in 12 Calls Fail by Default. Here's the Fix

#ai #llm #python #performance

7 min read

Cover image for How to Install Ghostty 1.4 on Linux and macOS (On Ubuntu 24.04, Use Flatpak)

Alan West

Oct 28

How to Install Ghostty 1.4 on Linux and macOS (On Ubuntu 24.04, Use Flatpak)

#linux #terminal #ubuntu #macos

8 min read

Cover image for How to Run an Offline AI Assistant With No Internet (Even on a Raspberry Pi)

Alan West

Oct 29

How to Run an Offline AI Assistant With No Internet (Even on a Raspberry Pi)

#ai #selfhosted #linux #opensource

7 min read

Cover image for How to Stop Claude Code From Reading Your .env File (Deny Rules Aren't Enough)

Alan West

Oct 31

How to Stop Claude Code From Reading Your .env File (Deny Rules Aren't Enough)

#ai #security #claude #productivity

6 min read

Cover image for How to Download an Entire Website With wget (--mirror Alone Breaks Links)

Alan West

Nov 3

How to Download an Entire Website With wget (--mirror Alone Breaks Links)

#tutorial #linux #selfhosted #webdev

7 min read