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Building Ralph for Claude Code: An Autonomous AI Coding Loop Done Right

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

After trying various Ralph implementations over the holidays - including the official Anthropic plugin that misses the point - I built my own. Here’s the story of creating an autonomous AI coding loop that actually follows the original Ralph philosophy.

Infrastructure as Code for Your Mac: Managing Everything with Nix-Darwin

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What if your entire development environment - OS settings, 85+ applications, shell configuration, AND your AI coding assistants - was defined in code, version-controlled, and reproducible with one command? This is the story of building a bulletproof macOS setup with nix-darwin.

Building Calendar Hub: Taming Calendar Subscription Chaos

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How I built a self-hosted Rails app to consolidate multiple ICS calendar feeds and filter unwanted events, solving calendar list bloat in Apple Calendar.

Welcome to My Tech Blog

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Introducing my new technical blog built with Hugo and Blowfish. Learn about what I’ll be writing about and the tech stack powering this site.

About Me

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey there, I’m Michael
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I’m a software developer who believes the best way to learn something is to build it, break it, and then build it better.

My journey into tech started with curiosity about how things work under the hood. That curiosity led me from tinkering with Ruby on Rails applications to running a full home lab with self-hosted services, automating everything I can, and exploring how AI can solve real-world problems. Along the way, I’ve learned that the most valuable projects aren’t always the most complex—they’re the ones that solve actual problems.

Tech Stack

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Blog Infrastructure
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This blog is built with modern, performant technologies that prioritize speed, privacy, and developer experience.

Core Technology
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Static Site Generator: Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites
Theme: Blowfish - A powerful, lightweight Hugo theme
Styling: Tailwind CSS v4 - Utility-first CSS framework with the new Oxide engine
Hosting: Cloudflare Pages - Global CDN with automatic deployments
Domain: blog.menanno.com

Features
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Search & Discovery
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Client-Side Search: Powered by Fuse.js - no server required, instant results
Navigation: Category-based organization with tag support
RSS Feed: Full-text feeds for your favorite RSS reader

Analytics & Support
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Analytics: Seline - Privacy-first, GDPR compliant analytics
- ~2KB script (23x lighter than Google Analytics!)
- No cookies, no personal data collection
- EU-based infrastructure
Support: Buy Me a Coffee integration
Zero Tracking Cookies: Complete respect for reader privacy

Content Enhancement
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Diagrams: Mermaid.js for flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more
Math: KaTeX for beautiful mathematical notation
Charts: Chart.js for data visualization
Code Highlighting: Chroma with dual themes (seamless light/dark mode switching)

Development Workflow
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CI/CD Pipeline
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Version Control: Git + GitHub
Build: GitHub Actions → Cloudflare Pages
Deployment: Automatic on push to main branch

Why These Choices?
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Hugo + Blowfish
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Speed: Static sites mean instant page loads - no database queries, no server-side rendering delays.

localhost chronicles_ on Localhost Chronicles

Building Ralph for Claude Code: An Autonomous AI Coding Loop Done Right

Infrastructure as Code for Your Mac: Managing Everything with Nix-Darwin

Building Calendar Hub: Taming Calendar Subscription Chaos

Welcome to My Tech Blog

About Me

Hey there, I’m Michael #

Tech Stack

Blog Infrastructure #

Core Technology #

Features #

Search & Discovery #

Analytics & Support #

Content Enhancement #

Development Workflow #

CI/CD Pipeline #

Why These Choices? #

Hugo + Blowfish #