Articles by Grizzly Peak Software

Every Sunday morning, before I do anything else, I sit down at my desk with a cup of black coffee and open the same five browser tabs I've opened every...

Let me tell you what nobody at those "passive income" conferences wants to admit: most side projects don't make money. They make traffic. They make GitHub...

My first royalty check from Amazon was $47.32. That was for an entire quarter of sales of a technical book that took me the better part of eight months to...

If you've spent any serious time building with Claude's API, you've noticed the pattern. Mornings on the West Coast? Snappy. Sub-two-second responses on...

A hands-on first look at gws, Google's new Workspace CLI. Covers Windows setup gotchas, MCP server integration with Claude Code, and practical agentic workflow patterns for Drive, Gmail, and Calendar.

Build production-grade SEO crawler tools for free using Claude Code and Open Claw. Five real projects with runnable JavaScript code. No subscriptions.

The ingress-nginx controller retires March 2026. Your standalone NGINX gateway configs still work. Here's the complete setup with rate limiting, SSL, and Docker Compose.

Learn how to generate QR codes with Node.js — from basic PNG files to a full Express API with customization, bulk generation, and production tips.

Compare Bruno vs Postman in 2026. We break down storage, pricing, performance, and collaboration to help you pick the right API client.

The story of a whiteboard frustration, a late-night coding session, and the absurdly fun journey of shipping a real product before the motivation wore off.

Today I rant a little bit about the current state of SEO and its impact on my site as I struggle to maintain solid traffic.

A late-night dispatch from an Alaska cabin covering AI-powered productivity, marketing lessons learned the hard way, and building in the quiet.

Build a working GPT from scratch in PyTorch, then fine-tune a real model with LoRA. Full pipeline with runnable code. No PhD required. - tokenization - embeddings - attention - training loops - fine-tuning All runnable on a single GPU or laptop.

A hands-on guide to the pattern that powers Claude Code, Cursor, and every other agentic AI tool you've been pretending to understand at parties.

Highlights from Alaska's Claude Code Meetup-covering sub-agent workflows, the skills vs. sub-agents debate, CLI tips, and insights from Anthropic's developer relations team.

Learn how to transfer your .env file to a DigitalOcean droplet when you only have web console access. This guide covers four practical methods including heredoc syntax, nano editor, echo commands, and base64 encoding—perfect for developers working from Windows without SSH configured.

Feeling burned out from software engineering? You're not alone—research shows 73-83% of developers experience burnout. This comprehensive guide explores 15+ alternative career paths that leverage your technical skills, complete with 2026 salary data, transition strategies, and realistic expectations for roles like Product Manager, Technical Writer, Developer Advocate, AI Consultant, and more.

After a summer of adventures and too much Minecraft, I discovered Claude Code and built five projects in weeks—a publishing agent, micro-SaaS, 3D game, SEO site, and migrated my decade-old app. We're on the cusp of the singularity.

Building a production-ready Azure DevOps MCP server with 100+ tools and 258 passing tests—across two sessions totaling 6 hours. First session: implementing critical tools while watching Dune on the couch. Second session: giving Claude Code clear instructions and going to sleep. What this experiment reveals about AI-assisted development, specification-first design, and the future of developer tooling.

Learn how to transform your personal APIs into sustainable revenue streams using proven usage-based billing strategies from the fintech industry. This comprehensive guide covers per-request billing, tiered subscriptions, and compute-time models, with real-world examples from Plaid, Stripe, and Dwolla. Includes technical implementation details, pricing psychology, and a complete checklist for building your billing infrastructure.