Reflections

Reflections

Self-Hosting NextJS + Supabase

Self-Hosting NextJS + Supabase

I'll admit it - I like building with NextJS + Supabase. I started using this combo ~9 months ago, and after a quick initial learning curve, I found I could build pretty quickly with this combo. The downside though is that I didn't know how to self-host

Self-hosting Supabase (Part 1?)

Self-hosting Supabase (Part 1?)

First off, I'm grateful that Supabase offers a self-hosted option. And they did put a lot of work into it. But there are lots of holes in documentation and hurdles to clear to get things running smoothly. Hopefully these notes help someone else other than me. I'

Notes on a Dev Using AI Tools

Notes on a Dev Using AI Tools

I started programming at age ~21/22. And I'm 35 now. But not all ~14 years have been spent full-time doing dev work. I'm highly capable but know I have a lot of room to grow after finding some incredibly smart people on X. Notes Just

LLM Tool Call Streaming with LiteLLM

LLM Tool Call Streaming with LiteLLM

Tool call streaming with LiteLLM is fairly easy to implement once you understand how tool call streaming actually works. This post discusses how to implement tool call streaming with LiteLLM.

Random Stuff from Week of Jan 27 2025

Jan 27 2025 I took my video processor and worked on the next obvious optimizations: * Async transcription while extracting all the video frames * Increase the number of simultaneous requests to OpenAI for processing video frames + transcript chunks to 100 (I'm tier 3 and apparently that means my rate

Reflections from 2025 so far

Reflections from 2025 so far

Writing in the past has helped me get more clear on things and learn about myself. I figured it's probably something worth doing in 2025, and I plan to do this once a week. There are two main sections to this long post, FYI: * Personal Stuff - reflecting