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GCP Next26

I just got back from a week in Vegas for Google Cloud Next26. It was about AI and Agents (and that's about it). I really enjoyed meeting other GDE's, and some of the Developer Expo hall talks on Gemini CLI and MCP setups. I'll cover some of the more interesting uses of MCP and Skils in the coming weeks
Container Monitoring: Containery and Dockpeek

Container Monitoring: Containery and Dockpeek

Published Sep 4, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

There have been a couple of posts from Marius in my backlog to check into. One was on Containery, a nice containerized Docker monitoring and administration tool. I plan to show how to test in WS...

OS Apps: Jellyfin and Lauti

OS Apps: Jellyfin and Lauti

Published Sep 2, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

Today I want to look for an alternative to Plex. For a while, Jellyfin has been on my list as that seems to be the most popular drop-in replacement. I’ll try setting it up and using and how one c...

Zed with AI

Zed with AI

Published Aug 28, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

zed now has a preview of AI tools. I last looked at a year ago in Oct 2024 and I managed to get it working in Windows with a mix of scoop and using Nightly.

OS Apps: Kaneo, FossFlow, and IsoFlow

OS Apps: Kaneo, FossFlow, and IsoFlow

Published Aug 26, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

Today we’ll look at Kaneo, a pretty nice open-source PjM tool in docker and SaaS then look to host it externally.

AI Coding: Codex, Kiro, Opencode (w Ollama)

AI Coding: Codex, Kiro, Opencode (w Ollama)

Published Aug 22, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

I have three goals here: Try Codex, a new AI Coding CLI from OpenAI which seems to cover a lot of the same ground as Claude Code. I look at install and usage.

Opencode and Ollama-Code

Opencode and Ollama-Code

Published Aug 19, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

OpenCode by sst.dev aims to be the open-source vendor agnostic alternative to Claude Code. While it supports a few LLMs, they suggest using Anthropic for the backend. I’ll try using it with Copil...

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