Nicholas Romero
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  • The Entire Docs Site Is One HTML File

    Mar 11, 2026

    A single HTML file fetches markdown from GitHub's Contents API, renders it with marked.js, and deploys on Vercel with clean URL rewrites. Zero build step, zero dependencies.

  • Hot Keys and Hardware Keys for Agentic Workflows

    Feb 19, 2026

    Scoping SSH Access Without Killing Your Productivity

  • Your Notes Repo Is a Control Plane

    Feb 13, 2026

    Notes that span projects need their own repo. When they get one, it becomes the control plane for everything — including AI agents.

  • Budget-Aware Agent Orchestration: Applying RCPSP to Agentic Workflows

    Feb 6, 2026

    A framework for managing agentic AI workflows through multi-dimensional budgets: tokens, time, money, human attention, and risk.

  • Announcing Keystone

    Sep 1, 2025

    Self-sovereign NixOS infrastructure with TPM security and declarative configuration

  • Announcing Catalyst

    Aug 10, 2025

    A development platform with preview environments for every pull request

  • Announcing Meze

    Jan 24, 2025

    A meal planning platform that optimizes for nutrition, wellbeing, budget, and culinary curiosity

  • Exploring Local GPT Models: A Comparison of GPT-4 and Mistral 7B on WasmEdge

    Nov 22, 2023

    Comparing GPT-4 and (local) Mistral 7B: An comparison of their performance using WasmEdge for local GPT model execution.

  • Tamagatchi Like Tutor

    Nov 20, 2023

    Building a single purpose embeeded device to teach basic arithmetic.

  • Lean Hackathon with GPTs

    Nov 19, 2023

    Working with multiple GPTs to quickly iterate on ideas.

  • Ingesting a folder of split CSVs from database table.

    Oct 31, 2023

    Using Pandas and xargs we import a table exported as multiple csvs in parallel to multiple tables before rejoining them using a union.

  • Declarative KVM with vagrant-libvirt

    Sep 23, 2023

    I often reach for KVM for work that doesn't really fit into containerized workloads. This is sually for planning out a physical server

  • Choosing the best multi-OS setup with PCIe device passthrough

    Dec 21, 2022

    In this post I discuss my experience with my Linux workstations that use a technology called PCIe passthrough to use a dedicated GPU for gaming in a Windows Guest.

  • Contemplating Dunning-Kruger.

    Dec 13, 2022

    I've been contemplating the Dunning-Kruger effect and it's caused a bit of anxiety.

  • Getting your Heart in Redzone

    Nov 20, 2022

    How to train for Vo2 max using the Apple Watch.

  • Project Quiescent

    Jul 27, 2022

    A new project i'm working on to build better blogs that live inside of git.

  • Summertime Adventure in New Orleans

    Jul 19, 2022

    Visiting New Orleans with my friend Andy

  • Mount Kilimanjaro Part 1 - Getting ready

    May 31, 2022

    Origin's of my Tanzania Africa trip to climb Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Arizona Burn center.

  • Straight forward reusable React components

    Feb 2, 2022

    Building clean reusable components and avoiding decision paralysis when choosing their props.

  • Building a scheduled CI E2E test failure Slack notifier

    Mar 24, 2021

    How to build a Slack notifier when scheduled E2E tests fail.

  • Alpine k3s based single node Kubernetes cluster.

    Feb 7, 2021

    This guide shows how to set up a Kubernetes node with Alpine

  • Docker Linux Workstation Development

    Feb 6, 2021

    Making linux Docker more like Docker Desktop for macOS and Windows.

  • Building a Enum Based Form Stepper In React Typescript

    Jan 18, 2021

    We look at a streamlined form stepper design pattern.

  • Wireguard Based VPN Intranets

    Jan 7, 2021

    Understanding and Implementing Private Intranets

  • Apollo Cache Overview

    Jan 2, 2021

    What is the Apollo cache, ensure correct usage and update post mutation.

  • Typescript React Grid Areas

    Dec 17, 2020

    A Reusable Component Design Pattern for CSS Grid Areas in Typescript React.

  • Rsync'ing Code Directories Between two computers

    Dec 4, 2020

    A script to attempt keeping my code folder in sync between my laptop and workstation.

  • Scytale: Ansible Automated Private Key Infrastructure.

    Aug 23, 2020

    Automated private key infrastructure (PKI), Ansible managed certificate authority, server and client certificates.

  • Multi Arch Docker Buildx in CI/CD

    Aug 14, 2020

    Automated Multi Arch Docker Image Builds

  • Gondola

    Jul 22, 2020

    Ansible Playbook for Emulating Raspberry Pi OS with KVM

  • Writing a gear torque calculator

    Jul 2, 2020

    While utilizing a stepper motor and gears. I needed more torque and different sized gears. So I wrote a small gear torque calculator.

  • Compiling and Testing on a remote microcontroller

    Jun 24, 2020

    We learn how we can develop microcontroller code using the Arduino CLI, compile it and the upload our code to the micrcontroller.

  • Driving a stepper motor with a microcontroller

    Jun 16, 2020

    Controlling a stepper motor.

  • Evaluating Rust.

    Jun 15, 2020

    A look at setting using Rust for REST APIs and Embedded development.

  • Learning network security with IoT/HomeKit.

    Apr 15, 2019

    How setting up IoT/HomeKit can teach you about network security.

  • MacOS fast user switching.

    Apr 9, 2019

    Use fast user switching for hygienic separation between personal and professional accounts on a single laptop.

  • New site stack

    Mar 10, 2019

    We take a look at the process and technology behind this site.