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Ollama on macOS

I’ll help you create a persistent configuration for OLLAMA_HOST on macOS. The most reliable way to do this is to create a LaunchAgent plist file.
Cloudflare CDN, WAF and DNS

Cloudflare is a global technology company that provides a wide range of internet services and security solutions. Their core offerings include: Cloudflare has great offerings, a strong API, and many tools. I’m not super familiar with all of Cloudflare’s offerings because I am a free user who has been using it for many years, but…
Free IP to ASN Mapping Service

I recently came across Team Cymru’s website in the Swiss CTI git repository. The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre NCSC did mention them in the disclaimer for the ASN lookups.
How to Self-Sign PowerShell Scripts

I was trying to figure out how to sign PowerShell scripts with a self-signed certificate. This is a simple step-by-step guide on how you can provision your own certificate for testing and sign and verify PowerShell scripts. If you plan to use a publicly trusted code signing certificate, this is however not the exact process…
Piwigo API Documentation

Recently, I was implementing a machine that does automatic labeling of images in my Piwigo. I used OpenAI gpt-4o-mini for this purpose, and every two hours, the folder is scanned for images without titles and descriptions. If some are found, it will automatically add a title and description. Once I started with my endeavor, I…
Transcribe audio with AI locally

I’m collecting a multitude of skills in local AI processing, and today it is audio to text. I switched to Ollama for most of my AI processing needs, but audio files can’t yet be processed via Ollama APIs. Therefore, I was looking for an alternative, however, I didn’t look for a RETS API; running a…
Public IP Lookup Service

A common task for an administrator is to check the public IP addresses of the current system they are on or the current system they are using. This is important both in day-to-day work and while working with cloud providers. There are many services available, but not all are created equal.
ADO Pipeline library export and import

In the Azure DevOps world, moving from one tenant to another is not a very familiar concept based on Microsoft documentation. I had to do exactly this. The Azure DevOps Migration Tools did the trick for most of the ADO Boards-related things. Repos were copied over by pushing to a new Git source. Pipelines are…
ReCaptcha – Invalid key type

This is a quick bit: I recently had to add a reCAPTCHA key to a website. However, the keys provided did not work directly and I saw the Invalid key type error. In my case, this could be fixed by reissuing the key, switching from a version 3 key to a version 2 key. Some…
My experience with LLM use cases

As I work every day, I constantly see recurring work that I would like to optimize and automate. There are use cases that feel obvious that they should work and easy to do, but the real-world experience is different. Read about my learning.