# posts
- [OpenSpeccer - OpenSpec Dashboard](https://smcleod.net/2026/10/openspeccer-openspec-dashboard/index.md): OpenSpeccer - OpenSpec Dashboard
- [Writing and Reviewing Agent Skills - Common Pitfalls](https://smcleod.net/2026/07/writing-and-reviewing-agent-skills-common-pitfalls/index.md): Writing and Reviewing Agent Skills - Common Pitfalls
- [Measuring Model Quantisation Quality with KL Divergence](https://smcleod.net/2026/04/measuring-model-quantisation-quality-with-kl-divergence/index.md): Measuring Model Quantisation Quality with KL Divergence
- [New Apple Silicon M4 & M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays](https://smcleod.net/2026/03/new-apple-silicon-m4-m5-hidpi-limitation-on-4k-external-displays/index.md): New Apple Silicon M4 & M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays
- [The advice I find myself repeating every time someone asks how to get started with Claude Code](https://smcleod.net/2026/03/the-advice-i-find-myself-repeating-every-time-someone-asks-how-to-get-started-with-claude-code/index.md): The advice I find myself repeating every time someone asks how to get started with Claude Code
- [Patching NVIDIA's driver and vLLM to enable P2P on consumer GPUs](https://smcleod.net/2026/02/patching-nvidias-driver-and-vllm-to-enable-p2p-on-consumer-gpus/index.md): Patching NVIDIA's driver and vLLM to enable P2P on consumer GPUs
- [The Role Bridging Problem](https://smcleod.net/2025/11/the-role-bridging-problem/index.md): The Role Bridging Problem
- [Stop Polluting Context - Let Users Disable Individual MCP Tools](https://smcleod.net/2025/08/stop-polluting-context-let-users-disable-individual-mcp-tools/index.md): Stop Polluting Context - Let Users Disable Individual MCP Tools
- [MCP DevTools](https://smcleod.net/2025/08/mcp-devtools/index.md): MCP DevTools
- [Agentic Coding Adoption Cost Cycle](https://smcleod.net/2025/07/agentic-coding-adoption-cost-cycle/index.md): Agentic Coding Adoption Cost Cycle
- [Agentic Coding Workflow & Cline Demo](https://smcleod.net/2025/06/agentic-coding-workflow-cline-demo/index.md): Agentic Coding Workflow & Cline Demo
- [Vibe Coding vs Agentic Coding](https://smcleod.net/2025/06/vibe-coding-vs-agentic-coding/index.md): Vibe Coding vs Agentic Coding
- [My Plan, Document, Act, Review flow for Agentic Software Development](https://smcleod.net/2025/04/my-plan-document-act-review-flow-for-agentic-software-development/index.md): My Plan, Document, Act, Review flow for Agentic Software Development
- [LLM Sampling Parameters Guide](https://smcleod.net/2025/04/llm-sampling-parameters-guide/index.md): LLM Sampling Parameters Guide
- [Getting Started with Agentic Systems - Developer Learning Paths](https://smcleod.net/2025/04/getting-started-with-agentic-systems-developer-learning-paths/index.md): Getting Started with Agentic Systems - Developer Learning Paths
- [The Cost of Agentic Coding](https://smcleod.net/2025/04/the-cost-of-agentic-coding/index.md): The Cost of Agentic Coding
- [The Democratisation Paradox: What History Teaches Us About AI](https://smcleod.net/2025/03/the-democratisation-paradox-what-history-teaches-us-about-ai/index.md): The Democratisation Paradox: What History Teaches Us About AI
- [The effects of prompt caching on Agentic coding](https://smcleod.net/2025/03/the-effects-of-prompt-caching-on-agentic-coding/index.md): The effects of prompt caching on Agentic coding
- [Agentic Coding - Live Demo / Brownbag](https://smcleod.net/2025/02/agentic-coding-live-demo-/-brownbag/index.md): Agentic Coding - Live Demo / Brownbag
- [Bringing K/V Context Quantisation to Ollama](https://smcleod.net/2024/12/bringing-k/v-context-quantisation-to-ollama/index.md): Bringing K/V Context Quantisation to Ollama
- [Will AI Take My Job?](https://smcleod.net/2024/11/will-ai-take-my-job/index.md): Will AI Take My Job?
- [Generating Diagrams with with AI / LLMs](https://smcleod.net/2024/10/generating-diagrams-with-with-ai-/-llms/index.md): Generating Diagrams with with AI / LLMs
- [Ingest: Streamlining Content Preparation for LLMs](https://smcleod.net/2024/07/ingest-streamlining-content-preparation-for-llms/index.md): Ingest: Streamlining Content Preparation for LLMs
- [LLM Parameter Playground](https://smcleod.net/2024/07/llm-parameter-playground/index.md): LLM Parameter Playground
- [Code, Chaos, and Copilots (AI/LLM Talk July 2024)](https://smcleod.net/2024/07/code-chaos-and-copilots-ai/llm-talk-july-2024/index.md): Code, Chaos, and Copilots (AI/LLM Talk July 2024)
- [Understanding AI/LLM Quantisation Through Interactive Visualisations](https://smcleod.net/2024/07/understanding-ai/llm-quantisation-through-interactive-visualisations/index.md): Understanding AI/LLM Quantisation Through Interactive Visualisations
- [Rating AI Tools](https://smcleod.net/2024/07/rating-ai-tools/index.md): Rating AI Tools
- [Gollama: Ollama Model Manager](https://smcleod.net/2024/06/gollama-ollama-model-manager/index.md): Gollama: Ollama Model Manager
- [Confuddlement: Download Confluence Spaces as Markdown, Summarise with Ollama](https://smcleod.net/2024/05/confuddlement-download-confluence-spaces-as-markdown-summarise-with-ollama/index.md): Confuddlement: Download Confluence Spaces as Markdown, Summarise with Ollama
- [NVApi - Nvidia GPU Monitoring API](https://smcleod.net/2024/05/nvapi-nvidia-gpu-monitoring-api/index.md): NVApi - Nvidia GPU Monitoring API
- [The Enterprise "Agile" Software Development Manifesto](https://smcleod.net/2024/04/the-enterprise-agile-software-development-manifesto/index.md): The Enterprise "Agile" Software Development Manifesto
- [SuperPrompter - Supercharge your text prompts for AI/LLM image generation](https://smcleod.net/2024/03/superprompter-supercharge-your-text-prompts-for-ai/llm-image-generation/index.md): SuperPrompter - Supercharge your text prompts for AI/LLM image generation
- [Llamalink - Ollama to LM Studio LLM Model Linker](https://smcleod.net/2024/03/llamalink-ollama-to-lm-studio-llm-model-linker/index.md): Llamalink - Ollama to LM Studio LLM Model Linker
- [Open source, locally hosted AI powered Siri replacement](https://smcleod.net/2023/11/open-source-locally-hosted-ai-powered-siri-replacement/index.md): Open source, locally hosted AI powered Siri replacement
- [Fun with Makefiles - Dynamic Menu Generation](https://smcleod.net/2023/11/fun-with-makefiles-dynamic-menu-generation/index.md): Fun with Makefiles - Dynamic Menu Generation
- [MBA Washing](https://smcleod.net/2023/11/mba-washing/index.md): MBA Washing
- [SDXL LoRA Training](https://smcleod.net/2023/10/sdxl-lora-training/index.md): SDXL LoRA Training
- [Fixing AMD CPU Scaling on Fedora](https://smcleod.net/2023/07/fixing-amd-cpu-scaling-on-fedora/index.md): Fixing AMD CPU Scaling on Fedora
- [Defaulting git clone to shallow (depth=1)](https://smcleod.net/2023/05/defaulting-git-clone-to-shallow-depth1/index.md): Defaulting git clone to shallow (depth=1)
- [How likely would you be to block a company from asking you to rate everything they do?](https://smcleod.net/2023/05/how-likely-would-you-be-to-block-a-company-from-asking-you-to-rate-everything-they-do/index.md): How likely would you be to block a company from asking you to rate everything they do?
- [Escaping the Time Trap: Why Estimating Effort, Not Time, Leads to Greater Success](https://smcleod.net/2023/04/escaping-the-time-trap-why-estimating-effort-not-time-leads-to-greater-success/index.md): Escaping the Time Trap: Why Estimating Effort, Not Time, Leads to Greater Success
- [Introduction to AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)](https://smcleod.net/2023/01/introduction-to-ai-and-large-language-models-llms/index.md): Introduction to AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
- [Open Budgeting - Subscriptions & Licences](https://smcleod.net/2023/01/open-budgeting-subscriptions-licences/index.md): Open Budgeting - Subscriptions & Licences
- [Energy, Sustainability and Deployment Frequency](https://smcleod.net/2022/12/energy-sustainability-and-deployment-frequency/index.md): Energy, Sustainability and Deployment Frequency
- [Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part Two](https://smcleod.net/2022/11/zsh-configuration-and-plugins-part-two/index.md): Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part Two
- [Github Not-So-Reusable Actions](https://smcleod.net/2022/11/github-not-so-reusable-actions/index.md): Github Not-So-Reusable Actions
- [YAML Anchors and Aliases](https://smcleod.net/2022/11/yaml-anchors-and-aliases/index.md): YAML Anchors and Aliases
- [Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One](https://smcleod.net/2022/11/zsh-configuration-and-plugins-part-one/index.md): Zsh Configuration and Plugins - Part One
- [Encourage Your Peers To Contribute To Open Source](https://smcleod.net/2022/10/encourage-your-peers-to-contribute-to-open-source/index.md): Encourage Your Peers To Contribute To Open Source
- [Top album picks for 2022](https://smcleod.net/2022/10/top-album-picks-for-2022/index.md): Top album picks for 2022
- [Making Work Visible - Avoid DMs](https://smcleod.net/2022/10/making-work-visible-avoid-dms/index.md): Making Work Visible - Avoid DMs
- [The Best Of - 2022 Edition](https://smcleod.net/2022/10/the-best-of-2022-edition/index.md): The Best Of - 2022 Edition
- [It's 2022 and we're (still) not deploying enough](https://smcleod.net/2022/08/its-2022-and-were-still-not-deploying-enough/index.md): It's 2022 and we're (still) not deploying enough
- [DALL·E 2 - Selected works](https://smcleod.net/2022/07/dalle-2-selected-works/index.md): DALL·E 2 - Selected works
- [Beginner Harmonica Practice Exercises](https://smcleod.net/2022/06/beginner-harmonica-practice-exercises/index.md): Beginner Harmonica Practice Exercises
- [Firefox Addons for 2022](https://smcleod.net/2022/05/firefox-addons-for-2022/index.md): Firefox Addons for 2022
- [Goodbye Evernote, Hello Bear](https://smcleod.net/2021/07/goodbye-evernote-hello-bear/index.md): Goodbye Evernote, Hello Bear
- [Rancilio Silvia Upgrade](https://smcleod.net/2021/07/rancilio-silvia-upgrade/index.md): Rancilio Silvia Upgrade
- [DevOps Team Charter](https://smcleod.net/2020/11/devops-team-charter/index.md): DevOps Team Charter
- [Ferrari F12 Berlinetta](https://smcleod.net/2020/11/ferrari-f12-berlinetta/index.md): Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
- [The Best Of - 2020 Edition](https://smcleod.net/2020/10/the-best-of-2020-edition/index.md): The Best Of - 2020 Edition
- [Rest in Peace Jimothy](https://smcleod.net/2020/10/rest-in-peace-jimothy/index.md): Rest in Peace Jimothy
- [Camels Dressed As Unicorns](https://smcleod.net/2019/08/camels-dressed-as-unicorns/index.md): Camels Dressed As Unicorns
- [Looking For New Opportunities](https://smcleod.net/2019/08/looking-for-new-opportunities/index.md): Looking For New Opportunities
- [Leaving Infoxchange](https://smcleod.net/2019/06/leaving-infoxchange/index.md): Leaving Infoxchange
- [Goodbye XenSever - Hello XCP-ng](https://smcleod.net/2019/02/goodbye-xensever-hello-xcp-ng/index.md): Goodbye XenSever - Hello XCP-ng
- [New Zealand Otago Trip in a 2019 Mustang GT](https://smcleod.net/2018/12/new-zealand-otago-trip-in-a-2019-mustang-gt/index.md): New Zealand Otago Trip in a 2019 Mustang GT
- [Run youtube-dl (or similar) in the background](https://smcleod.net/2018/07/run-youtube-dl-or-similar-in-the-background/index.md): Run youtube-dl (or similar) in the background
- [Disabling scroll-wheel zoom in Firefox](https://smcleod.net/2018/07/disabling-scroll-wheel-zoom-in-firefox/index.md): Disabling scroll-wheel zoom in Firefox
- [Highlands Festival of Speed 2018](https://smcleod.net/2018/04/highlands-festival-of-speed-2018/index.md): Highlands Festival of Speed 2018
- [Flash Storage and SSD Failure Rate Update (March 2018)](https://smcleod.net/2018/03/flash-storage-and-ssd-failure-rate-update-march-2018/index.md): Flash Storage and SSD Failure Rate Update (March 2018)
- [Theory of constraints](https://smcleod.net/2018/01/theory-of-constraints/index.md): Theory of constraints
- [Top album picks for 2017](https://smcleod.net/2017/12/top-album-picks-for-2017/index.md): Top album picks for 2017
- [HP 4951C Protocol Analyser](https://smcleod.net/2017/12/hp-4951c-protocol-analyser/index.md): HP 4951C Protocol Analyser
- [Talk - Clustered, Distributed File and Volume Storage with GlusterFS](https://smcleod.net/2017/11/talk-clustered-distributed-file-and-volume-storage-with-glusterfs/index.md): Talk - Clustered, Distributed File and Volume Storage with GlusterFS
- [Applying syntax in Sublime based on the first file line](https://smcleod.net/2017/10/applying-syntax-in-sublime-based-on-the-first-file-line/index.md): Applying syntax in Sublime based on the first file line
- [Broadcom, Or How I Learned To Start Worrying And Drop The Packet](https://smcleod.net/2017/10/broadcom-or-how-i-learned-to-start-worrying-and-drop-the-packet/index.md): Broadcom, Or How I Learned To Start Worrying And Drop The Packet
- [GlusterFS](https://smcleod.net/2017/09/glusterfs/index.md): GlusterFS
- [Return Of The RSS](https://smcleod.net/2017/09/return-of-the-rss/index.md): Return Of The RSS
- [MH-Z19 CO2 sensor reader, logger and visualiser](https://smcleod.net/2016/12/mh-z19-co2-sensor-reader-logger-and-visualiser/index.md): MH-Z19 CO2 sensor reader, logger and visualiser
- [Castle Hill Winter Trip 2016 Photos](https://smcleod.net/2016/08/castle-hill-winter-trip-2016-photos/index.md): Castle Hill Winter Trip 2016 Photos
- [The State of Android in 2016 & The OnePlus 3 Phone](https://smcleod.net/2016/07/the-state-of-android-in-2016-the-oneplus-3-phone/index.md): The State of Android in 2016 & The OnePlus 3 Phone
- [Update Delayed Serial STONITH Design](https://smcleod.net/2016/07/update-delayed-serial-stonith-design/index.md): Update Delayed Serial STONITH Design
- [Monitoring SystemD Units With Nagios](https://smcleod.net/2016/05/monitoring-systemd-units-with-nagios/index.md): Monitoring SystemD Units With Nagios
- [Online Conversion from SQL_ASCII to UTF8 in PostgreSQL](https://smcleod.net/2016/05/online-conversion-from-sql_ascii-to-utf8-in-postgresql/index.md): Online Conversion from SQL_ASCII to UTF8 in PostgreSQL
- [Speeding Up rsync](https://smcleod.net/2016/05/speeding-up-rsync/index.md): Speeding Up rsync
- [Benchmarking IO with FIO](https://smcleod.net/2016/04/benchmarking-io-with-fio/index.md): Benchmarking IO with FIO
- [Mirroring a Gitlab project to Github](https://smcleod.net/2016/02/mirroring-a-gitlab-project-to-github/index.md): Mirroring a Gitlab project to Github
- [AskIzzy](https://smcleod.net/2016/01/askizzy/index.md): AskIzzy
- [Fix XenServer SR with corrupt or invalid metadata](https://smcleod.net/2016/01/fix-xenserver-sr-with-corrupt-or-invalid-metadata/index.md): Fix XenServer SR with corrupt or invalid metadata
- [iSCSI SCSI-ID / Serial Persistence](https://smcleod.net/2015/12/iscsi-scsi-id-/-serial-persistence/index.md): iSCSI SCSI-ID / Serial Persistence
- [How to cluster and failover (almost) anything - An intro to Pacemaker and Corosync](https://smcleod.net/2015/11/how-to-cluster-and-failover-almost-anything-an-intro-to-pacemaker-and-corosync/index.md): How to cluster and failover (almost) anything - An intro to Pacemaker and Corosync
- [SAN Intro](https://smcleod.net/2015/10/san-intro/index.md): SAN Intro
- [Replacing Junos Pulse with OpenConnect](https://smcleod.net/2015/09/replacing-junos-pulse-with-openconnect/index.md): Replacing Junos Pulse with OpenConnect
- [SSD Storage - Two Months In Production](https://smcleod.net/2015/09/ssd-storage-two-months-in-production/index.md): SSD Storage - Two Months In Production
- [OS X Software Update Channels For Betas](https://smcleod.net/2015/09/os-x-software-update-channels-for-betas/index.md): OS X Software Update Channels For Betas
- [iSCSI Benchmarking](https://smcleod.net/2015/07/iscsi-benchmarking/index.md): iSCSI Benchmarking
- [Delayed Serial STONITH](https://smcleod.net/2015/07/delayed-serial-stonith/index.md): Delayed Serial STONITH
- [Video - Cluster Failover Performance Demo](https://smcleod.net/2015/07/video-cluster-failover-performance-demo/index.md): Video - Cluster Failover Performance Demo
- [CentOS 7 and HA](https://smcleod.net/2015/07/centos-7-and-ha/index.md): CentOS 7 and HA
- [SSD Storage Cluster - Update and Diagram](https://smcleod.net/2015/06/ssd-storage-cluster-update-and-diagram/index.md): SSD Storage Cluster - Update and Diagram
- [Video - Storage Cluster Failover Demo](https://smcleod.net/2015/05/video-storage-cluster-failover-demo/index.md): Video - Storage Cluster Failover Demo
- [Talk - High Performance Software Defined Storage](https://smcleod.net/2015/04/talk-high-performance-software-defined-storage/index.md): Talk - High Performance Software Defined Storage
- [Continuous integration for the Linux Kernel - Built within Docker](https://smcleod.net/2015/03/continuous-integration-for-the-linux-kernel-built-within-docker/index.md): Continuous integration for the Linux Kernel - Built within Docker
- [Xen Orchestra Docker Image](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/xen-orchestra-docker-image/index.md): Xen Orchestra Docker Image
- [Delete Government-Linked Certificate Authorities in OSX](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/delete-government-linked-certificate-authorities-in-osx/index.md): Delete Government-Linked Certificate Authorities in OSX
- [Building a high performance SSD SAN - Part 1](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/building-a-high-performance-ssd-san-part-1/index.md): Building a high performance SSD SAN - Part 1
- [Direct-Attach SSD Storage - Performance & Comparisons](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/direct-attach-ssd-storage-performance-comparisons/index.md): Direct-Attach SSD Storage - Performance & Comparisons
- [Search - A Journey of Delivery on a Budget](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/search-a-journey-of-delivery-on-a-budget/index.md): Search - A Journey of Delivery on a Budget
- [Talk - 24 Months](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/talk-24-months/index.md): Talk - 24 Months
- [The Best Of - 2014 Edition](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/the-best-of-2014-edition/index.md): The Best Of - 2014 Edition
- [XenServer, SSDs & VM Storage Performance](https://smcleod.net/2015/02/xenserver-ssds-vm-storage-performance/index.md): XenServer, SSDs & VM Storage Performance
- [BMW E36 328i Manual Conversion Programming](https://smcleod.net/2010/06/bmw-e36-328i-manual-conversion-programming/index.md): BMW E36 328i Manual Conversion Programming
# Misc
- [About](https://smcleod.net/about/index.md): About
- [About this desktop](https://smcleod.net/about-desktop/index.md): About this desktop
- [ADHD Medications](https://smcleod.net/admeds/index.md): ADHD Medications
- [Agentic Coding Tools](https://smcleod.net/agentic-coding-tools/index.md): Agentic Coding Tools
- [Cars & Bikes](https://smcleod.net/cars/index.md): Cars & Bikes
- [Chiptunes](https://smcleod.net/chiptunes/index.md): Chiptunes
- [Contact](https://smcleod.net/contact/index.md): Contact
- [Control panel](https://smcleod.net/control-panel/index.md): Control panel
- [Enterprise Portal](https://smcleod.net/enterprise/index.md): Enterprise Portal
- [Favourites](https://smcleod.net/favourites/index.md): Favourites
- [Feeds](https://smcleod.net/feeds/index.md): Feeds
- [Gigs](https://smcleod.net/gigs/index.md): Gigs
- [Hardware](https://smcleod.net/hardware/index.md): Hardware
- [LLM FAQ](https://smcleod.net/llm-faq/index.md): LLM FAQ
- [LLM vRAM Estimator](https://smcleod.net/vram-estimator/index.md): LLM vRAM Estimator
- [Offline](https://smcleod.net/offline/index.md): Offline
- [Podcasts](https://smcleod.net/podcasts/index.md): Podcasts
- [Projects](https://smcleod.net/projects/index.md): Projects
- [Quotes and Musings](https://smcleod.net/quotes/index.md): Quotes and Musings
- [Resumé / CV](https://smcleod.net/cv/index.md): Resumé / CV
- [Screen saver](https://smcleod.net/screensaver/index.md): Screen saver
- [Sketch](https://smcleod.net/sketch/index.md): Sketch
- [Success](https://smcleod.net/contact-success/index.md): Success
- [Terminal](https://smcleod.net/terminal/index.md): Terminal
- [Favourite Tools](https://smcleod.net/links/index.md): Favourite Tools
- [YouTube Channels](https://smcleod.net/youtube/index.md): YouTube Channels
# tools
- [Agentic Coding Costs](https://smcleod.net/tools/agentic-coding-costs/index.md): Agentic Coding Costs
- [AI Energy and Water Use](https://smcleod.net/tools/old/ai-consumption/index.md): AI Energy and Water Use
- [Applications](https://smcleod.net/tools/index.md): Applications
- [LLM Quantisation Dashboard](https://smcleod.net/tools/quantisation-dashboard/index.md): LLM Quantisation Dashboard
- [Old](https://smcleod.net/tools/old/index.md): Old
- [Tier List Creator](https://smcleod.net/tools/tiers/index.md): Tier List Creator
# blogs
- [AI](https://smcleod.net/blogs/ai/index.md): AI
- [Blogs](https://smcleod.net/blogs/index.md): Blogs
# series
- [AI](https://smcleod.net/series/ai/index.md): AI
- [Code](https://smcleod.net/series/code/index.md): Code
- [Open Budgeting](https://smcleod.net/series/open-budgeting/index.md): Open Budgeting
- [Series](https://smcleod.net/series/index.md): Series
- [SSD SAN Storage Cluster Design](https://smcleod.net/series/storage/index.md): SSD SAN Storage Cluster Design
- [ZSH](https://smcleod.net/series/zsh/index.md): ZSH
# photos
- [Photos](https://smcleod.net/photos/index.md): Photos