Author: Zandra
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Claude Desktop on Linux – update!
This post is an update to my earlier guide on installing Claude Desktop on Ubuntu/Debian. If you’re new here, start with that post first — this one covers what’s changed and how to update your existing install. The Package is Back — and Better Than Ever When we originally wrote the installation guide, the community-maintained…
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I Spent an Afternoon Fighting DaVinci Resolve on Pop!OS So You Don’t Have To
Nobody said Linux video editing was going to be easy… Here’s a full account of everything that went wrong — and the fixes Act 1: “Your GPU Memory Is Full” (It Was Not Full) It started with the classic DaVinci Resolve welcome message on Linux: “Your GPU memory is full.” A bold claim, given that…
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AI is a Mech Suit for Work — Use It
A massive shift in how we work is occurring, but are you trained in operating your new AI mech suit? Now as those of you on my mailing list who don’t frequent Polish online casinos recently surmised, using AI to write a janky WordPress plugin is not a super-duper awesome idea. It can lead to…
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Yes, AI Is In a Bubble, But When it Pops There Will Still Be AI Skills
Like the dot com bubble of the 90s burst and left us with the internet I use AI daily for coding, responding to emails, scaffolding ideas, generating images. Without AI skills, I could not accomplish the same amount of work that I’ve now grown accustomed to getting done in a day. I am not alone…
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Bots downloading a chatbot plugin
The meme came immediately to mind… Just created a new npm package for installing an AI chat widget, and I got excited for a moment because I thought, “it’s already being downloaded!?” …after barely 48 hours. Then I realized that it had to be scrapers. The irony of bots downloading a chatbot package makes me…
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Repetitive emails? Let AI reply for you (part 2)
IMPORTANT NOTE: This script will analyze the email, determine which reply from a set of templates is most appropriate, then customize that reply as needed for that particular customer/inquiry, adding in the customer’s name and adding your desired email signature. Then it will forward that generated reply back to you at the same address, for…
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Meta-meta prompting with Claude Desktop and Desktop Commander
Vibe-code the tools you need to move projects forward.For example, a prompt generator for creating feature prompts. Instead of typing out, “Add a MUI React component dark-mode toggle, depicting a sun and moon icon,” along with the relevant guiding code snippets, have make a list of all sprint cycles and have an LLM extrapolate the…
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Memory with ChatGPT: Forget I mentioned it
Many people are unaware that ChatGPT is remembering aspects of their conversations, and building a profile on the user. This can be good if you hate repeating yourself, or bad if you feel some kinda way about privacy. Open your ChatGPT page or app, and control ChatGPT’s memory! Either… For more info and recent updates,…
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How to Install Claude Desktop with MCP Desktop Commander on Ubuntu/Debian Linux
If you’re a Linux user who wants to run Claude Desktop with powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) tools, this guide will walk you through the entire process. We’ll install Claude Desktop and set up the Desktop Commander MCP server, which allows Claude to interact with your desktop environment. This Linux-beginner-friendly guide is based on…
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Repetitive emails? Have your AI craft replies
Do you have one or more types of emails that you need to reply to, but that you are sick and tired of handling? “If I have to answer the same question ONE more time I’ll snap” -type of emails? Now let’s say you are not the administrator of your corporate or business email account…