software development

If you are curious about how accessible modern machine learning has become, this post shares my hands-on experience building an image classification model using Microsoft’s visual tool, Lobe. I walk through the process of labeling and training a model to distinguish gym weight plates, highlighting both the software’s intuitive interface and the practical challenges I encountered when dealing with ambiguous data and unexpected crashes.

I share how I replaced the LED display on my Raspberry Pi temperature monitor by integrating Twilio and the WhatsApp API to send direct notifications to my phone. This approach allows me to bypass visual alerts and instead receive immediate alerts on significant temperature changes through a platform everyone already uses.

Discover how I plan to overcome reading slumps by leveraging the simple email-to-Kindle feature to prioritize articles and documents over books I’m struggling to finish. I’ll walk you through setting up your Kindle as a primary device and using email attachments to streamline content delivery, offering a practical solution for staying engaged with digital material even when motivation wanes.

I discovered that while existing tools like Tautulli could handle my Plex notification needs, I decided to build a custom integration using Azure API Management and Logic Apps to deepen my understanding of Azure services. This post details how I leveraged Plex’s webhook capabilities to trigger notifications for my family whenever new episodes are added to our media server.

I wanted to solve the missing RSS feed issue in my static WordPress site by building a custom tool rather than relying on plugins. I decided to leverage the WordPress REST API to fetch post data as JSON, avoiding the complexities of parsing static HTML files, to generate a proper XML feed for my readers.