How My AI Agents Talk to My Thermal Printer (Using an MCP Server)
Connecting thermal printers to an MCP server so AI-agents can print labels for my home inventory system.
Software
Articles about building software systems with an emphasis on practicality and maintainability.
POS Printers: The Cheapest & Most Flexible Labeling Solution You're Not Using
Using a thermal printer and label paper, printing labels is surprisingly easy and cost effective. All you need is a little vibe-coded http server, and you're one click away from printing labels.
Household Task Management That Actually Gets Used
Most task management systems fail at home because they're designed for work. I built one around how families actually assign, track, and complete household tasks.
Why I Built a Home Inventory System (And Why Notion Is the Database)
Every household has a knowledge problem. You own hundreds of things, stored in dozens of places, and the only index is your memory. I built a system to fix that.
Markdown Print: One-Command PDF Rendering and Printing from the Terminal
Two Claude Code skills that convert local Markdown files to A4 PDFs and send them to a Brother laser printer, all from a single voice command.
Notion Print: From Notion Page to Paper in One Step
Two Claude Code skills that fetch Notion pages, convert them to print-ready Markdown, and optionally send them straight to the printer.
Watch Action: GitHub Actions Monitoring with Audio Alerts
A Claude Code skill that polls GitHub Actions runs and fires macOS audio alerts when they complete, so you never miss a build result.