Jake Levine

Building without building

I just spent 48 hours building a new site using a new process (detailed a bit below): you-are-here.

ChatGPT as source control

In my normal use of Chat GPT, I’ve started behaving as if it’s source control when I have code generated.

Talking to myself - there's an app for that

So while walking the other day, I noticied the audio in my headphones got quiet all of a sudden.

My first PCB

Just a couple of days ago, I shipped my first PCB order to JCLPCB.

Using ChatGPT for creative purposes

I was having ChatGPT do some anagrams for me on a username I use and I also had it do the same on ‘Nikolai Tesla’.

K-2SO copying data from another droid

I just re-watched Rogue One the other day…and besides loving K-2SO (and Alan Tudyk), I noticed something new.

Trouble getting `pod install` to work in React Native

Just make sure you have Xcode installed first. That’s it.

Stop Skynet

Start early, start now. Say please and thank you to ChatGPT and any other conversational AI.

Web skills A+ easter egg

If you have a minute or two, open my personal blog in incognito mode in Chrome.

My working setup

Updated June, 2024 Here’s how I currently do my work, both personal and professional.

Update - <2022-10-18 Tue> - I just also found out about The Santa Clara Principles - it’s not exactly what I’m thinking about, but it’s interesting as a model and has input from the EFF, ACLU, and The Brennan Center for what it’s worth.

Blogging from the terminal with doom emacs & hugo on a mac

I’ve been looking to make blogging from org-mode on my mac happen ever since I started using org-mode.

Yeah. I did it. I bought the longest domain I could.

Well, most of it anyway - I wanted to buy ahugeevergrowingpulsatingbrainthatrulesfromthecentreoftheultraworld.

The move to react native

The ENTIRE reason I initially pursued programming later in my career as a product manager was because I was frustrated with the time it took to get from the abstract concepts written in my verbose requirements documents to actual code that was living and breathing.