Latest posts
- Markdown.exeFeb 12, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
I've been spending time looking through "skills" for LLMs, and I feel like I'm the only one panicking. Nobody else seems to care. .doparatgteersdfsd {display:none} Agent skills are supposed to be a way to teach your LLM how to handle specific tasks. For example, if you have a particular method for adding tasks to your calendar, you write a skill file with step-by-step instructions on how to retri
- Last year, all my non-programmer friends built appsFeb 11, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
Last year, all my non-programmer friends were building apps. Yet today, those apps are nowhere to be found. Everyone followed the ads. They signed up for Lovable and all the fancy app-building services that exist. My LinkedIn feed was filled with PMs who had discovered new powers. Some posted bullet-point lists of "things to do to be successful with AI." "Don't work hard, work smart," they said, a
- Microsoft Should Watch The ExpanseFeb 09, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
My favorite piece of technology in science fiction isn't lightsabers, flying spaceships, or even robots. It's AI. But not just any AI. My favorite is the one in the TV show The Expanse. If you watch The Expanse, the most advanced technology is, of course, the Epstein drive (an unfortunate name in this day and age). In their universe, humanity can travel to distant planets, the Belt, and Mars. Mars
- Open Molten ClawFeb 06, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
At an old job, we used WordPress for the companion blog for our web services. This website was getting hacked every couple of weeks. We had a process in place to open all the WordPress pages, generate the cache, then remove write permissions on the files. The deployment process included some manual steps where you had to trigger a specific script. It remained this way for years until I decided to
- We installed a single turnstile to feel secureFeb 04, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
After the acquisition by a much larger company, security became a top priority. Our company occupied three tall buildings, each at least 13 stories high. Key card readers were installed next to every entrance, every elevator car, and even at the parking lot entrance, which itself was eight stories tall. The parking lot system was activated first. If you wanted to park your car, you needed to scan
- The Shoe on The Other FootFeb 02, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
Ten years ago, I was in a dark season. My first startup had cratered. Confidence, gone. I would walk for hours to clear my head, often through parts of the city we typically hurry past. One Tuesday, I saw a man sitting outside a boarded-up storefront. He was weathered, his eyes holding a quiet dignity. But I was fixated on a problem to solve. He only had one shoe. The right foot was wrapped in a f
- Vibe-KnowingJan 30, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
After watching a Veritasium video, I feel a surge of intellectual confidence. I feel smarter. Whether it's a video on lasers or quantum physics, it seems like I have a better grasp on the subject. I finally get it. Derek and his crew just have a way of simplifying complex ideas, unraveling their mysteries, and lifting your confidence as each term is explained. Every video they release is logically
- Everyone's okay with their AI, just not yoursJan 28, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
There's a strange contradiction happening in tech right now. Companies are forcing employees to integrate AI into their workflows, celebrating productivity gains and AI-assisted everything. Yet when job candidates use AI during interviews, they're treated like they've committed career suicide. Every colleague I talk to has a story. The candidate's eyes darting left and right, reading an answer as
- LLM Adblockers are coming!Jan 26, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
From time to time, I'll hop on someone else's computer to browse the web and I feel an intense revulsion. Every page you visit is littered with ads. The top has ads, both left and right sidebars have ads, there are ads between paragraphs, there are ads at the bottom. And if you mentally ignore them, clicking at random places on the page will trigger a popup. How can you even read anything with all
- How to Preserve Your Writing for a Hundred YearsJan 23, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
There was a question on Hacker News where a user asked how he could ensure his writing would endure for a hundred years. At first, I treated it as a technology problem. Storage, formats, domains, backups. If the goal is durability, then the best technology we've invented so far is still paper. Print it. Put it on a shelf. Problem solved. But that answer was too neat and it reminded me of a story a
- We use Chatbots to hide our UI problemsJan 21, 2026Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
There was a time when building a good UI was really hard. My default Microsoft Word window had at least five toolbars. My web browser opened to Yahoo, where finding anything felt impossible. Internet Explorer sprouted toolbars I never remembered installing. We crammed features into every nook and cranny of the screen. Then minimalist design took over the web. Finally, we had breathing room. Finall
- I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me aloneDec 21, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
Microsoft won't let you dismiss the upgrade notification So support for Windows 10 has ended. Yes, millions of users are still on it. One of my main laptops runs Windows 10. I can't update to Windows 11 because of the hardware requirements. It's not that I don't have enough RAM, storage, or CPU power. The hardware limitation is specifically TPM 2.0. What is TPM 2.0, you say? It stands for Trusted
- It's cheaper to buy a new printer every monthDec 10, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
It's the holiday season. My kids are doing all sorts of projects at school, this means we are doing a whole lot of printing. So I went online to look for the ink cartridge for our printer. I typed the printer name and model because who knows the ink cartridge number? I found our printer. And to my surprise, the printer only costs $64. What a time to be alive. I grew up in the 90s, those are not t
- We are always fighting about things we agree onSep 30, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
I was in the elevator when an older couple got in, patiently waiting to get to their stop. I smiled, they smiled back, and I pressed the button for the ground floor, just because. All three of us were going down. I had my back to them when I heard the lady say, "I think he will know." I turned to see if they were talking to me, since it was just us. She stepped forward, put on her glasses, then ru
- What's the name of that Website?Sep 26, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
“Hey, what’s the name of that website?” That was the question my brother asked me. I didn't need any clarification, I knew exactly what he meant. When people come home eager to watch a tv show, they sit in front of the TV scrolling through search results. Then, their phone comes out of their pocket. They search again. They check their subscriptions. Is it on Prime? Ok, maybe available as a rental?
- No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One DriveSep 11, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
What are my options here? Inside the "Remind me again in" label are the following options: 1 Week 30 days And when I select one option, what does "No thanks" do? Does it dismiss the box entirely and I never have to see it? Or does it validate the reminder schedule? What if I just don't want OneDrive? Microsoft has embedded it so deep into Windows that there are no easy ways of getting rid of it. I
- A new iPhone, a new Pixel, a new PhoneSep 09, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
August and September. Google unveiled the Pixel 10 in August. Now it's September, it is Apple’s turn with the iPhone 17. These are not commercials. These are productions. Hollywood gloss, cinematic light. Jimmy Fallon laughing on cue. Job titles growing longer by the year. Influencers, celebrities, and everywhere you look: Gemini, Gemini, Gemini. Then Tim Cook, measured, polished. Apple the first
- And 18 very popular NPM Packages are compromisedSep 08, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
On September 8th, 18 npm packages were compromised with malicious code. These packages are very popular. They receive an average of 2 billion downloads every week. If you are not sure whether you are affected, you can run this grep command on your repository to search for the malicious code: grep -r _0x112fa8 . If it returns any results, you are in trouble. It's already concerning that this hack
- Och, The True AI ScotsmanJul 02, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
Aye, gather ‘round the fire, lads an’ lasses, an’ I’ll tell ye of the True AI Scotsman. A myth as grand as the Highlands themselves, yet as slippery as an eel in Loch Ness. He stands tall. Och, taller than Ben Nevis, his jaw chiseled by the gods o’ Silicon, his hands strong as tempered steel, yet gentle as a lamb when promptin’ just so. His eyes gleam with the cold fire o’ perfect logic, an’ his
- Reclaiming Your Memory in the Age of DistractionJul 01, 2025Ibrahim Diallo @dialloibu
In today's social media-saturated world, does it feel like your memory is failing you? It's not that you can't remember anything, but rather that you're constantly distracted while trying to remember. Just a few years ago, I had a nightly ritual. Before drifting off to sleep, I'd mentally replay my entire day, trying to recall every single detail. As a single person with no kids at the time, this