Mehdio's Tech (Data) Corner

ctlr+r #03: OSS fatigue & Orchestrating LLMs

A weekly recall from the terminal of my mind: Thoughts 🧠, 🛠 Tools, and 📕 Takes.

Nov 30 • 

mehdio

11

2

ctlr+r #02: How to not get stupid & The Parquet Killer?

A weekly recall from the terminal of my mind: Thoughts 🧠, 🛠 Tools, and 📕 Takes.

Nov 24 • 

mehdio

11

1

ctlr+r #01: Toon, LLM CLIs

Hey there, I’m starting a new habit that I hope to stick with and that will help you: ctrl+r : a weekly recall from the terminal of my mind.

Nov 16 • 

mehdio

9

4

3

July 2025

An actually useful MCP for web development

Eliminates the copy-paste hell with browser-tools

Jul 19 • 

mehdio

5

2

Is Gemini CLI worth it for Cursors users ?

Yes.

Jul 8 • 

mehdio

2

1:07

June 2025

Apple’s new "Container" Engine (Bye Docker?)

Hands-on review of Apple's new container framework announced at WWDC 2

Jun 15 • 

mehdio

3

1

The Slow Death of Medium-Sized Software Companies

What if scaling was no longer the goal? And what would that mean for software engineers?

Jun 1 • 

mehdio

9

4

May 2025

Making Cursor smarter (and up to date)

Context is king — and documentation context rules.

May 29 • 

mehdio

11

1

macOS: Essential Productivity Hacks for Developers — No AI Needed

A fast, distraction-free workflow powered by open-source tools and keyboard-driven automation.

May 4 • 

mehdio

21

3

5

April 2025

Local LLMs, 0 cloud cost : is WebGPU key for next-gen browser AI app?

Understand WebGPU through a real-world AI demo with code, and understand the technology powering browser compute

Apr 14 • 

mehdio

9

1

3

March 2025

How to use AI to create better technical diagrams

A practical look at how LLMs can help you generate architecture diagrams without the fluff

Mar 29 • 

mehdio

45

4

5

February 2025

DuckDB goes distributed? DeepSeek’s smallpond takes on Big Data

DeepSeek is pushing DuckDB beyond its single-node roots with smallpond, a new, simple approach to distributed compute. But does it solve the scalability…

Feb 28 • 

mehdio

130

12

8