MCP servers? How about MCP clients? What about MCP clients that work with local open-source LLMs? Could Unsloth be used as an MCP client?
MCP servers are relatively easy to build. However, there still aren’t many free MCP clients available. Claude Code is a much better MCP client for comparing and evaluating different options. That said, I’m not a fan of their financial practices. You can get banned for no apparent reason, and it can take forever to reach […]
What is Vibe Coding?
Back in the ’90s, if a young boy in Iowa said he wanted to become a New York cab driver because a navigation system could give him all the directions he needed, everyone would probably have laughed. They would have thought it was impossible. But if the same boy said it today, no one would […]
The IS Team Parasite
In any IS team, roughly 80% of members are parasites. Only 20% actually know what to do — and how to do it. Call them the Body. Managers are unaware this distinction even exists. They especially can’t identify the Body, because the Body is too busy keeping systems alive to be visible. Parasites, on the […]
The Shell Porer
A Metaphor for the Architecture of Human Knowledge Imagine all knowledge as a vast orchard of exotic fruits — each one sealed inside a shell so hard, so alien in texture, that the ordinary hand cannot break it. These are not fruits you stumble upon already peeled. They sit on the ground, or hang from […]
[Laravel] Filament, Getting started
1. Installing the panel builder Install the Filament Panel Builder by running the following commands in your Laravel project directory: This will create and register a new Laravel service provider called app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php 2. Creating an user You can create a new user account using the following command: 3. Creating a resource To create a resource […]
[Laravel] How to re-render math with MathJax on Livewire
When webpage contents are reloaded dynamically, it is essential to re-render math with Mathjax. I’ve been experimenting to find out the best hooks and events to re-render math seamlessly. First, dispatch the event that will be used for re-render in the rendered() hook of Livewire Component Class as below. Then, place the JavaScript below in […]
[Laravel] Initial Database Setup and Debugging
Initial Setup Database connection information is found in two files mainly. These values are created during application creation. However, it is often necessary to check and fix those values. Any sensitive values like credentials are supposed to go into /.env file. It looks like: Another file with database connection information is /config/database.php. It can have […]
[Laravel] How to build Laravel package for your look and feel with Blade Template
First, install new Laravel application to be used as testing application. We are not using DB, so It might be good enough to start new application with Herd. The folder structure after initiating the application will look like It is developed under “packages” directory. Then, it will be installed with Composer in product and the […]
Gitlab Runner: Preparing environment Error: Job failed: prepare environment: exit status 1.
When your Gitlab runner fails with even simple script, I hope this helps. I have this simple script to run in gitlab-ci.yml However, it fails as below even any other settings for config.toml looks okay. If so, you can modify shell logout file or delete it. It can be found in gitlab runner home directory. […]
[AI] Can we create Ghibli Style image Locally?
Not Yet, I would say. At least not for me yet. It might be my skill or open-source AI limitations. I installed all of UI and AI in my Windows 11 machine WLS Ubuntu 24.04. You will need Python 3.10 and Git. If your machine configuration is new, your machine probably have higher version of […]