Here's where Dallas clocks in among best U.S. cities for women in tech
North Texas is in the middle of the pack for women in tech, a new report says. Dallas ranks No. 32 nationwide, sandwiched between Fort Worth (No. 26) and Arlington (No…
Hi everyone,This started as an exploration into harnesses and locally hostable LLMs (the kind that uses less power than a small electric heater), and I used it as an opportunity to retool. I've tried popular ones like Cline, Claude Code, and Pi, but wanted a different UX and integrated sandboxes.The solution that I've landed on is a responsive web interface where I can quickly drive progress. It feels like a microcosm of my day job: define and delegate tasks, organize using kanban, then review deliverables. And it also feels like the time I used to spend coding is now spent in code review with the agent, so I tried to optimize the UX to make review feel nicer.One of my (maybe a bit niche) benchmark use-cases is how pleasant it is to make progress on hobby software projects while also out on a hike. This meant specifying low bandwidth usage and offline mode.Now I can jot down an idea, start the task, and at some point down the trail: get a notification* that either clarification is needed, a decision needs to be made, or the code is ready for review. I've been having a good time with this.To build MIKE, I exclusively used locally hostable LLMs (from Google, Meta, Qwen, Poolside…
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