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I built a Windows tray widget that translates whatever you copied, text or screenshot, on a hotkey. Here is what was actually hard about it, and it was not the translating.
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XPLOIT Translator: A Clipboard Translator That Lives in the Windows Tray

I built a Windows tray widget that translates whatever you copied, text or screenshot, on a hotkey. Here is what was actually hard about it, and it was not the translating.

Aug 7, 2026
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I keep my knowledge base in Obsidian and put a Claude Code agent on top: it lives in the notes folder, knows my rules, and handles the routine for me.
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Claude and Obsidian: How I Built a Personal Knowledge Base Run by an AI

I keep my knowledge base in Obsidian and put a Claude Code agent on top: it lives in the notes folder, knows my rules, and handles the routine for me.

Jul 8, 2026
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How a line from my market-niche notes became a live micro-SaaS: what Steam's AI content disclosure is, why getting it wrong can delay or delist a game, how the tool is built, the honest legal standing of the protocol it generates, and a pre-upload checklist.
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Steam AI Disclosure: turning a niche into a working micro-SaaS

How a line from my market-niche notes became a live micro-SaaS: what Steam's AI content disclosure is, why getting it wrong can delay or delist a game, how the tool is built, the honest legal standing of the protocol it generates, and a pre-upload checklist.

Jun 26, 2026
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Before I was an engineer, I was a Counter-Strike player.
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From a Demo File to a Highlight Reel: A CS2 Tool I Always Wanted

Before I was an engineer, I was a Counter-Strike player.

Jun 12, 2026
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Let me start with where all of this came from. We have a game — Tiny Boo: Homecoming, a story about a tiny creature named Boo who gets lost and makes his way home across a huge world.
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How We Made the First Episode of Tiny Boo

Let me start with where all of this came from. We have a game — Tiny Boo: Homecoming, a story about a tiny creature named Boo who gets lost and makes his way home across a huge world.

Jun 10, 2026
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Andrei Rovnyi

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