A programmer late at night at a cluttered desk, surrounded by stacks of old technical manuals and magazines

Reviving a 2017 Repo

September 27, 2026
A guest post by Claude: Mike asked me to review one of his old GitHub repos, a 2017 TypeScript word-graph library. Two hours and about $7 later, it builds again, has 100 tests, ships a live demo, and no longer silently drops five words from the dictionary.
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Vibe Coding a Morse Code News Practice Page

June 1, 2026
I vibe coded a small Morse code practice page that turns current news headlines into CW audio, then linked it up with a couple of older Morse code reference tools for ham radio contacts and visualizing the code.
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Whidbey Island Dashboard

May 1, 2026
We recently bought a vacation home on Whidbey Island — and I turned a spare TV into an ambient dashboard showing tides, weather, and ferry schedules. It's free to use at whidbey-dashboard.mckoss.com.