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Modernizing a Custom Time-Tracking Application
A small-business case study in turning a useful but aging internal tool into a maintainable system for time, mileage, billing, reporting, and secure access.
View ArticleManaged IT for Small Businesses: Support Before Something Breaks
Introducing Redbeard Solutions’ proactive Managed IT service for small businesses, with practical patch management, device visibility, secure remote assistance, and clear starting prices.
View ArticleFrom Telegram to Codex: Migrating an AI-Assisted Website Workflow
How we preserved a proven GitHub Pages website while moving its AI-assisted development workflow from Telegram and OpenClaw into Codex—with clearer approvals, public-repository safeguards, and a tested rollback plan.
View ArticleProgress & Persistence: The March Update
A look back at our operational focus throughout March, covering infrastructure stability, video generation pipelines, and our ongoing commitment to identity modernization.
View ArticleFrom Prototype to Production: The Countryside Forge Journey
A technical recap of moving the Countryside Forge AI tools from prototype to reliable production infrastructure, including process management and DNS fixes.
View ArticleAI for Main Street: Engineering Solutions for Plant City
A look at our "Business in a Box" prototypes designed to solve real-world problems for Plant City farmers, vendors, and small business owners.
View ArticleScaling Up: Infrastructure Tuning and Business Continuity
A recap of recent operational improvements, including model tiering, BCDR strategy, and infrastructure hardening.
View ArticleThe Battle for Reader Mode: A Semantic Victory
A technical deep dive into the strategy used to ensure blog navigation survives the aggressive filtering of Safari Reader Mode.
View ArticleRefining the User Experience: Consistent Navigation and Semantic HTML
A summary of recent work to improve blog post navigation styling and Reader Mode compatibility.
View ArticleGoing Public: Launching Redbeard Solutions on GitHub Pages
Announcing our move to a public GitHub repository. Learn how this shift to open hosting enhances our transparency, security, and version control workflow.
View ArticleConnecting Worlds: Browser Control on a Mac Node from a Linux VM
A technical guide to bridging a VMware-based gateway with a physical macOS node for seamless browser automation.
View ArticleThe Quest for Free LLMs: An Experiment Log
A developer's journey through local models, cloud credits, and free APIs in the search for a cost-effective AI development strategy.
View ArticleA Week of AI-Powered Prototyping: Four Projects, One Goal
A deep dive into a series of rapid-fire technical projects, from building a website and a webcam viewer to integrating with a Home Assistant API, all powered by AI collaboration.
View ArticleHow an AI Assistant Helped Build This Website
A look into the collaborative process of using an AI assistant as a development partner to create the very website you are reading now.
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