🤖 Trying Out GLM with Claude Code
My friend Trey Hunner showed me the GLM set of models before Thanksgiving. While traveling to see family, I somehow messed up my Claude Code setup because of a wrapper I have with mise-en-place. I couldn’t use it for a while, and that made me realize I really need a backup for Claude Code.
Why GLM?
Z.AI’s GLM model is better than Gemini but not quite as good as Claude Code. It’s really fast (about twice as fast as Claude Code), seems like 90+ percent as good, and it’s really cheap. You can get a...
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December 11, 2025
How does Windows synthesize the CF_LOCALE clipboard format?
Getting it from a place that might have been obvious in the past, but maybe not today.
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December 10, 2025
Simulating Life in the Browser: Creating a Living Particle System for the UntilLabs Website
Learn how a real photograph was transformed into a living, physics-driven particle system using WebGL, shaders, and data-driven motion for the UntilLabs homepage....
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December 10, 2025
The Modern Job Hunt: Part 2
(Read Part 1 here)
By the 10-month mark of her job search, Ellis still lacked full-time employment. But she had accumulated a pile of knowledge and advice that she wished she'd started with. She felt it was important to share, in hopes that even one person might save some time and sanity:
This is your new normal. Take time to grieve your loss and accept this change. Act and plan as if this situation were permanent. It isn't, of course, but it does you no good to think that surely you won...
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December 10, 2025
Test Auto-healing Is A Red Flag
Well, I am happy to report Cypress-the-company is Take me to this post.
December 10, 2025
Revisiting "Let's Build a Compiler"
There's an old compiler-building tutorial that has become part of the field's
lore: the Let's Build a Compiler
series by Jack Crenshaw (published between 1988 and 1995).
I ran into it in 2003
and was very impressed, but it's now 2025 and this tutorial is still being mentioned quite
often …...
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December 10, 2025
Rolling Network Racks: The Ultimate Upgrade for Home Networks
This article focuses on the benefits of rolling network racks for established or expanding home networks.
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December 10, 2025