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Side QuestMar 16, 2026·5 min read

From Clarinet Kid to Jazz Chaser: My Guitar Journey

How a pandemic, YouTube teachers, and a stubborn dream turned me from a lapsed clarinet player into a jazz-obsessed guitarist.

#guitar#music#jazz#blues
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TechnomancerMar 15, 2026·8 min read

I Vibe Coded My Personal Site as an SRE Manager — Here's What I Learned

As an SRE manager I don't write much code anymore. So I built this entire site using AI-assisted development and learned more than I expected.

#ai#vibe-coding#next-js#engineering#leadership
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TechnomancerMar 17, 2026·5 min read

I Built My Own Guitar App Because I Was Tired of Ads

How I vibe coded Cadence — a chromatic tuner, key finder, metronome, and theory toolkit for Android — as an SRE manager learning guitar, with zero ads and zero tracking. Now live on the Google Play Store.

#android#kotlin#mobile#guitar#vibe-coding
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