How I Used Codex to Cut My AWS Costs
A practical story about using Codex to assess AWS spend, tune S3 lifecycle policies, absorb a transition spike, and reduce recurring cloud costs.
Software lab notes
Experiments, written after the dust settles.
A workshop for web platforms, automation, AI agents, developer tooling, and the operational decisions that make software easier to run. The same habit that pulls me toward music is here too: listen closely, test the arrangement, keep the parts that work.
Bench notes
From the Lab
Five Years in a Learning Organization
A personal reflection on five years at Intré as a learning organization, through guilds, community, AI, and a software culture built around growth.
Managing Nintendo Switch Screen Time with Home Assistant
A Home Assistant and Node-RED workflow for resetting Nintendo Switch screen-time exceptions overnight and keeping family rules visible.
Why I Still Use Make
Why make still earns a place in small developer workflows: a compact way to name, document, and repeat local commands.
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Before this site became mostly software field notes, lesbass was also a home for basses, live videos, bands, and the music friendships collected along the way.
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