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Simple Butler Service to Automate Everyday Tasks

I've been working on something new that I'm calling Simple Butler Service. It's a backend service designed to help streamline some of my everyday tasks. The goal is to continuously expand SBS by adding more services and supporting various input and output methods, like

Automating Python Project Setup with Raycast Extension

In an earlier post, I shared a shell script to quickly set up new Python projects. Now, I’ve taken it a step further by creating a Raycast extension, making it even easier to start a new Python project with just a few keystrokes (I wrote about another Raycast extension

Building a Monolith App with Flask

I had several small Flask apps costing me each month, so I consolidated them into one monolithic app using Flask Blueprints. This post walks you through how I did it, making the setup modular and easy to maintain.

How do I get ChatGPT responses to highlight the code in the terminal?

In a previous post, I played around with ChatGPT to query PDFs stored in Google Drive. I use the Things app as my task manager, and sometimes play around with the AppleScript to move around things. No pun intended. The makers of the app provide this handly PDF manual for

Create a Content extension for Canva using Flask

Saw this Quick Start guide on Canva's developer portal that walks you through creating a content extension for Canva's users. It uses Node.js and Express.js as the server backend. I wanted to replicate this example using Python and Flask as the server. What is

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