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March 8th - April 4th Practice Log: heyloura.com

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Now that I got my pkm tool to where I want it, my next project is going to be a CMS that lets me build a website like a sticker book.

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@jimmitchell Awesome!

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@gregmorris I think the inner experience portion that you called out, structural and behavioral, is interesting. I’m learning that, as people, our inner experiences are more varied than most assume but we have the structural back up (a living human body) regardless. Throw in things like Alzheimer’s and other memory conditions it can get murky.

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I feeling the digital mess of my files across devices pretty strongly today. The urge to toss everything in an archive folder and zip it… is strong. But I’ll still know there is a mess of files within it. Don’t get me started on digital photos. It’s my blog too. It feels messy and disordered right now, not...

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@numericcitizen Great video. I loved seeing what you built!

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@duce I’m not very consistent making a yearly app defaults post but I always enjoy seeing what others post and use :)

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@mlm361 Thanks! That means a lot! I’m just writing the notes on my onyx boox tablet and then exporting it to a PNG. There is a little css on my blog that handles the dark mode (uses a CSS filter to re-color). The links in the post are HTML image maps. I use a note template on the tablet so the title and date are always in the same spot, which makes the image map coordinates similar to each one. :)

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@yeinerf Thanks! I’ve been trying a bunch of different ones and I’m starting to narrow in on the green tea flavors that I prefer 😄

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I’m required to use Claude at work so I’ve been testing it out. My favorite so far: A PWA quine PKM system. Took what I liked from Logseq (outline - simplified) and single file architecture (Tiddlywiki). I also added in sync to Micro.blog’s private notes with chunking. Came together in a day.

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@numericcitizen Fun idea!

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@flotisserie 👋

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@patrickrhone 😆Love it! Stealing this idea 😍

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I’ve had kid(s) for a decade and a half now, and I’m still surprised how early registration opens up for things… like summer camp. Guess I know what I’m researching this evening.

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@numericcitizen 😆 Next time I see him at the office I just might. He’s not all wrong though, I work solo and having a tool like Claude to scaffold and build out this project would speed it up. It just increases the amount of development work I’m not as fond of (spending forever writing out specs and very specific prompts, checking over the output and changed files, double checking that tests test what they should, minding context limits/usage and all that, catching it when it misbehaves/makes assumptions) versus the creative aspect that I enjoy.

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@Mantisking yeah, I’m not thrilled. It’s coming from the director… so its either that or look for a new job.

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Using AI at Work

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Well, the time finally came. My boss wants me to start using AI in my workflow. In anticipation I've been playing around with Claude Code the last couple of weeks. It's improved since the last time I tried it out.

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Maybe that's why I'm feeling drawn to this handwriting...

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@ablerism Welcome @pauldefazio!

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@jimmitchell I love getting lost in a new project. Good luck with the integration

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@jimmitchell I love getting lost in a new project. Good luck with the integration

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I got up this morning around 3am because… my brain sucks sometimes. Anyway, it was cloudy then and its still cloudy now. Oh well…

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♥ Loura

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My kid fell in love with the local agricultural school during a summer camp session. This year our state switched all technical schools to be lottery based. We filled out the application and today was the day. We waited…

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No luck. I have a very sad kid.

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Handwriting a blog: heyloura.com

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@heyloura Looks like the final total for our town was 36in. That feels more accurate.

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Our town reported 25in of snow for today’s blizzard. Though I feel like we got more. Not the best day for a shear pin to break on the snow blower. So we got to hand shovel the way too long driveway.

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@gregmorris Congrats on the 2.0 update!

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@Miraz Thanks!

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I purchased a variety of green teas to try for the new year. As a way to take quiet moments and enjoy some health benefits. Today’s selection: premium dragon well long jing. It has a nice smell and its quite mellow.

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I downloaded the hobonichi app to see if I liked it more than day one. It is cuter which may help me stick, but I like the encrypted option of day one and with day one I can use the android share sheet and get thoughts like these into Micro.blog. I’m going to give each a month and then decide.

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@joshuapsteele Yeah, my website theme is still a work in progress 😆. It’s on my list this weekend to fix that. They do have the Orion browser, but not for Linux, Windows, or Android yet (though they are working on it I believe)

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App Defaults 2026: heyloura.com

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@matthewlang Looks great, nice and clean 😄

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@mlm361 Thank you for the kind words! A couple decades spent tinkering and an attitude of “eh, whatever, I’ll try it anyway” have done me some good… at least with website design 😆

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@lyonsinbeta The Homebrew Website Club is hosted by indieweb.org and they list them on the events page. I like to drop in when I have time. Sometimes it’s more chit chat but there is time to share what you’ve been working on or if you’re having issues with a website they can help point out different avenues to try. Most are virtual, but they do occasionally have in-person events.

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I had a good time attending a virtual Homebrew Website Club meeting this evening while I worked on my blog redesign. I was inspired by a codepen I came across for a journal with flipping pages done with CSS. The design only shows for desktop and its still a work in progress, but I’m having a blast.

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I didn’t realize day one now had a web app and an android app. I’m going to have to check it out.

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@timapple I’m playing around with MB Manager on android. It’s really great. I love having the share option. Thanks for building it and sharing it 😄

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@Miraz Neat. One of my new goals this year is to drink more green tea. I bought a big sampler pack so I can narrow down one I like enough to drink daily.

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@Mantisking It is pretty and stays green all winter, so there’s that :)

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Planting bamboo along a driveway is fun! Ignore that it’s impassable mess when covered in snow. Every winter storm we need to keep shaking the snow off to keep it from freezing to the ground. Maybe this is why the previous owner left 🤣 (they planted it).

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@ross It was nice to read along with your attempt to get an LLM to build a little local web app. I haven’t tried it yet and your experience is what I expected. Framework heavy, build step driven, and a bit nonsensical 😄

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I forgot how loud an indoor water park can get. The kids are having fun though 😄

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We’ve been sick with the flu the last two weeks so I’ve done zero prep for the new year. But waking up to a fresh dusting of snow was nice.

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I had a lovely holiday and I’m on vacation until the new year. I’m going to spend time catching up on my five year journal and planning out the next five years. There are college plans for one kid, figuring out high school plans for another and finishing up my “homeschooling the kids” journey.

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Supabase, Deno and Server Side Rendering: heyloura.com

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Work has been so demoralizing the last couple of weeks (well, for years but it has really ramped up). Sigh. I think I might use some vacation time and try to reset my mindset.

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So my son dropped his phone (again*100) and the screen is totally busted. Good thing its a Fairphone. Replacement is ordered and I’ll teach him how to install it 😎

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My kung fu brother and I had our second tournament! I did four tai chi events, 24 movement, 42 movement, short yang fan and yang broadsword. Taking a very serious photo is a tradition at my school 😁

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We have a septic alarm going off at the house (professionals have been called and are coming) so I’m gonna escape the noise. Off to a coffee shop to work on my journal ☕

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I’m using an older book to teach my kid some web development this year and it has them create a webpage about various iPod models. They had no clue what they were 😂

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