Richard Smith - Joshua Called Me (Page 2)

Joshua Called Me

Richard Smith

Home Hosting With Proxmox And Cheap Mini PCs

I've been having great fun recently using Mini PCs using older laptop chips from one of the many sellers on Amazon, installing Proxmox on them, and using them as a host for virtual machines and Docker containers. First, you put the Proxmox ISO on a USB stick, boot

Product Delivery vs. Project Delivery

In the early days (or years) of a SaaS product you are fighting for product market fit. Even when you know without a doubt that your product serves a purpose that people are willing to pay for, there's a long road between Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and a

The Apple Vision Pro Toaster-Fridge Problem

In 2012, as a jab against the recently released Microsoft Surface - a 2-in-1 tablet/laptop combo - Tim Cook said: "You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user." When Meta demoed Orion for the

Our SaaS Development And Deployment Process

Like every software engineer, I spend a lot of time looking online for solutions to problems (usually via Google, but more recently Kagi and Claude). I am eternally grateful to other engineers who have taken the time to write about their solutions. Especially those who cover the why as well

Picking A Blogging Platform In 2025

Picking a platform to host this blog was harder than I expected it to be. And I didn't think my requirements were that tough: * I just want to write. I'm not interested in images, video, or complex layouts. It's 2025, but I want a

artificial intelligence

AI Chatbots Are Rory Bremner

I've been using this method to describe AI chatbots to non-technical listeners and I continue to find it a useful way to explain what they might expect from one. Especially since Google are aggressively advertising Gemini AI on TV right now. If you don't know, Rory

Happy 2025

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