2026-03-11
Jotbunker is Coming SoonI mentioned in my last post that I have begun to release open source and commercial software. Open source software gets released under the homesteadhacker …
posts tagged Development
2026-02-16A Pledge About Robot Words, and My Next ChapterI am making a pledge right now. I vow to be transparent about the use of AI in all of the work that I do. I really don’t care if it can produce fast …
2026-01-24WhiteboardQ - From Demo to DurableWhiteboardQ - from demo to durable WhiteboardQ is taking shape. This week was about making it survive real world “small business IT”: weird …
2026-01-18Three Days to a Demo: WhiteboardQ, Kenshi Creative Mode, and the Game I've Wanted to MakeI was “in-bed” sick for two days last week. Still managed to ship a WhiteboardQ demo in three days. Sometimes the flu clears your head.
2026-01-08On AI, Human Judgment, and Building Things That WorkThe Uncomfortable Truth About AI Let me be direct: AI companies are lying to you. Not about what their technology can do, but about what it should be trusted to …
2026-01-05Skeleton Forge: What Happens When You Build Game Modding Tools for AI Instead of HumansI’ve been playing Kenshi for years. One guy built this game over 12 years while working night shifts as a security guard. And somehow created a massive …
2026-01-03Added TV Shows to Template and Movies Anywhere to ImporterMediaBeast Templates: Added TV Show Support Added TV show support to the MediaBeast template. Separate template.conf with type=tv_show, different JMTE iterator …
2025-12-19MediaBeast Publisher: The Push to GitHubMediaBeast Publisher hit GitHub today. It’s a desktop app that publishes your Tiny Media Manager movie collection to Netlify. OAuth authentication, smart …
2025-12-16I Built a Bridge: Three Days, Three Tools, and Why I Threw Away Perfectly Good CodeI’m John Brantly (Homestead). I’ve been building software for 40 years. Twelve of those at IBM doing middleware and systems integration. Another …
