Tips & Knowledge Base

Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

PWA fundamentals: timeline, user benefits (offline, no install friction, auto-updates), and a practical guide to when PWA beats native

MCP Basics on Windows with C#

Model Context Protocol fundamentals, Windows setup, and a minimal C# stdio server wired into VS Code or Visual Studio

Quantum Computing Basics

Low-level introduction to qubits, gates, circuits, interference, entanglement, and measurement using concrete software-friendly mental models

Spec-Driven Development

Spec-Driven Development essentials: writing specs before implementation, API-first with OpenAPI, BDD scenarios, property-based specs, contract testing, and common failure modes

First Principles Thinking in Software Engineering

How first principles reasoning builds engineering discipline: distinguishing real constraints from convention, debugging to root cause, and designing from the problem rather than borrowed patterns

Windows 11 Remote Desktop Access

Enable and configure Remote Desktop on Windows 11: setup, user management, network configuration, troubleshooting, and security best practices

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC in Hyper-V

Download the official Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC eval ISO, create a Hyper-V dev VM, and capture a reusable gold image for fast clones

What AI Assistants Mean by "Mental Model"

What "mental model" means in AI-assistant language, how developers should interpret it, and how to use the concept to get better results

Embedding YouTube Links in Markdown

How to embed YouTube videos in Markdown using clickable thumbnails with GitHub alert callouts

GStack Office Hours Skill: Structured Product Ideation

GStack's Office Hours skill: YC-style brainstorming with six forcing questions, anti-sycophancy rules, and universal AI workflow design patterns

Make a GitHub Repository Public but Protected

How to make a GitHub repository public while keeping direct changes limited to your own account

PartyKit on Cloudflare for a Personal Website

What PartyKit is, how it maps to Cloudflare Durable Objects, and a safe starter pattern for adding realtime features to a personal website

Who is Vercel Labs

Who is Vercel Labs: Vercel's R&D arm, key projects (v0, AI SDK, Turborepo, Next.js), founders, and mission

Install Claude Code CLI

Installing the Claude Code CLI via npm, authentication, and first-run setup

Install Git

Installing Git on Windows using the winget package manager

Node

Installing Node.js on Windows using nvm-windows or the official installer

VSCode — GitHub Flavored Markdown Preview

Configure VSCode for full GitHub Flavored Markdown preview: extension pack, settings, and GFM feature syntax reference

VSCode Keyboard Shortcuts — Workflow Reference

Comprehensive VSCode keyboard shortcut reference: panels, navigation, multi-cursor, editing, Git, Copilot, debugging

VSCode: Set Markdown Preview as Default

How to set Markdown preview as the default view for .md files in VSCode

Workstation Setup — macOS

Phased install order for a new macOS dev workstation (Homebrew, Git, VS Code, Node, .NET, Azure, Docker, AI tools)

Workstation Setup — Master Guide

Master onboarding guide: universal toolset, install philosophy, and cross-platform notes — links to all OS-specific articles

Workstation Setup — Ubuntu (Linux)

Phased install order for a new Ubuntu dev workstation (apt, Git, VS Code, Node, .NET, Azure, Docker, AI tools)

Workstation Setup — Windows 10 / 11

Phased install order for a new Windows 10/11 dev workstation (winget, Git, VS Code, Node, .NET, Azure, Docker, AI tools)

WSL

Installing WSL on Windows, including fix for install hanging at Ubuntu setup

Codex CLI Install

Installing OpenAI Codex CLI via npm, authentication, and WSL recommendations

How to: Adjust the Indentation of the File Explorer Tree in VS Code

Adjusting VS Code file explorer tree indentation and enabling visual indent guides

Install Gemini CLI

Installing Google Gemini CLI via npm or npx, authentication with Google Account

Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI first run experience, GEMINI.md customization, and workspace context setup

GitHub Markdown Alerts

GitHub Flavored Markdown alert syntax: NOTE, TIP, IMPORTANT, WARNING, CAUTION, plus other highlighting techniques

How To: Link Another File in Markdown

How to link files in Markdown using relative paths and section anchors for GitHub compatibility

Microsoft Playwright

Microsoft Playwright overview: cross-browser E2E testing framework with auto-waiting, isolation, Codegen, Trace Viewer, and Azure cloud scaling

Null-coalescing assignment ??= in C#

Pattern matching switch expressions in C#

Cover a query with INCLUDE columns on an index

Remove duplicates with ROW_NUMBER()

Concatenate rows into a string with STRING_AGG()