From Google Drive to Syncthing over Tailscale
Why my KeePass database left Google Drive, and how Syncthing over a Tailscale mesh syncs it between a Synology NAS, a Mac, an iPhone, and an …
Nicolas Frankel
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Scraping websites and bot-protection
The levels of bot protection I met while scraping genealogy sites, from a bare curl to shell-launched Chrome, and how to get past each one.
AI-assisted genealogy, a follow-up
A follow-up on AI-assisted genealogy: source quality with GEDCOM QUAY, per-site browsing skills, Playwright sessions, transcriptions, and …
World geography gotchas
Years ago, a colleague of mine told me about two pockets of foreign land surrounded by Switzerland: Campione d'Italia and Büsingen am …
Build an AI Agent (From Scratch)
This review is about Build an AI Agent (From Scratch) by Jungjun Hur and Younghee Song from Manning. Facts 10 chapters $29.29 (at the time …
AI-assisted genealogy
My son recently came to me to brag about using AI to find our ancestors. While the results were correct, I didn't learn anything new, as it …
Solving Gradle metadata and Renovate integration
My current company has settled on using Gradle. It doesn't make me very happy, but you need to learn to work with constraints. Plus, I must …
GitHub agentic workflows and Renovate
I've been a big fan of Renovate for a couple of years already. Renovate scans your repositories, detects outdated package versions, and …
On programming languages, targets, and platforms
I started as a Java developer, but for some time now, I have broadened my horizons. Recently, I thought about how early languages were …
Seasons time-lapse - the video
In the first post of this series, I focused on the project foundations: what should I do to create a video from photos taken from the same …