Adam Codes in the 716

Learning for work, learning for fun.... eventually the two shall meet. Site created 4/5/2020 with new content being added regularly
July 6,2026 | Blog, Demo, Geeky Stuff
I Made a Video Game (?!)

Self-hosted · Personal project · 2026 Warhammer 40,000 Digital Tabletop While a parent's first choice is always going to be to have theirs children outside playing, I think a close second is going to be a board game. I get the struggle: when nintendo hit in the mid 80s, I no longer spent 16 hours...

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July 6,2026 | Blog, Demo, Geeky Stuff
LibreChat: Cowork for local LLMs

Most AI chat interfaces are basically fancy front‑ends slapped on top of an API call. They’re great for personal tinkering, but they fall apart the moment you try to scale them, standardize them, or enforce any kind of organizational structure.  As a consultant, my clients generally are not asking for help setting their users up...

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June 23,2026 | Blog, Geeky Stuff, Training
AI Agents: From Foundations to Enterprise Systems

Still trying to get more experience using these things at scale.  Taking this course:  AI Agents: From Foundations to Enterprise Systems (https://www.udemy.com/course/ai-agents-from-foundations-to-enterprise-systems/) My notes

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May 22,2026 | Blog, Geeky Stuff, Training
Claude Code – Build 10 Agents

I wanted to see if I can improve my techniques for delivering these applications in the "real world".   My notes

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May 21,2026 | Blog, Geeky Stuff, Training
3 Step Guide for Building Developer Tools with Claude Code

Given my obsession with using AI to scaffold projects instead of vibe coding, I want to use whatever tools are available to me.   I hadn't been paying enough love to anthropic in this area - I am going to be doing that here. My notes

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May 19,2026 | Blog, Geeky Stuff, Training
Claude Code & Agentic Engineering: Next-Level AI Development

I am staying on the Anthropic train a little longer.  Keeping up with all of these can be exhausting, but I do enjoy it. My notes Edit:  Fantastic course.  It was fairly brief and treated you as an IT professional rather than a noob.  I am already off adding new automations to my self-hosted stack.

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April 23,2026 | Blog, Geeky Stuff, Training
Anthropic Courses

Much of consulting is about keeping your proverbial skills net wide enough to be able to handle as many new opportunities as possible.  I've been meaning to spend more time with Anthropic, and today is that rainy day.    My notes

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March 22,2026 | Demo, Geeky Stuff, Training
DEMO: From the Day Job, MCP for Business Use

As of this writing, I have over 100 MCP tools available for use for my home automation.   The beauty of MCP is that - once you have all of your tools created - making automation happen is only a matter of assigning triggers or creating schedules.  At that point, the LLM and the prompt perform...

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