Journal

Thoughts, travels, and photography from my personal archive.

Running your own LLM chat app

Development July 30th, 2026

Running your own LLM chat app

How I set up my own LLM chat app. A quick config guide for self-hosting your own AI platform.

In progress: GPX Route Editor

July 17th, 2026

In progress: GPX Route Editor

Git Meh update: Symfony

July 17th, 2026

Git Meh update: Symfony

RAM Notifier: Never Run Out of Memory Without Knowing It

June 10th, 2026

RAM Notifier: Never Run Out of Memory Without Knowing It

git meh rewrite: I accidentally built something useful

git meh rewrite: I accidentally built something useful

Building ryan.hellyer.kiwi — A journey from Geocities to Laravel

Building ryan.hellyer.kiwi — A journey from Geocities to Laravel

Unique Headers 2.0

Unique Headers 2.0

Stale Cache v1.1

April 30th, 2026

Stale Cache v1.1

Disable Emoji's modernisation

April 29th, 2026

Disable Emoji's modernisation

Bringing BackPress back from the dead

April 28th, 2026

Bringing BackPress back from the dead

The Future is Immutable OSs

April 17th, 2026

The Future is Immutable OSs

Stream Spool: watch a stream in a video player while it downloads

March 15th, 2026

Stream Spool: watch a stream in a video player while it downloads

gitmeh 2.0: Swapping Gemini for OpenRouter

March 11th, 2026

gitmeh 2.0: Swapping Gemini for OpenRouter

gitmeh: git for lazy people

February 10th, 2026

gitmeh: git for lazy people

How I Rebuilt the Spam Destroyer link protector

December 8th, 2025

How I Rebuilt the Spam Destroyer link protector

Monitoring Laravel Performance—Without the Dev Tools Bloat

December 7th, 2025

Monitoring Laravel Performance—Without the Dev Tools Bloat

September 30th, 2025

Chromium UI in Ubuntu 24.04 on Dell XPS 13 9320

Stale Cache

April 13th, 2025

Stale Cache

LLM analysis of WordPress plugins and themes

July 22nd, 2024

LLM analysis of WordPress plugins and themes

Whoop Strap Review

September 16th, 2023

Whoop Strap Review

WordCamp Netherlands slides

September 8th, 2023

WordCamp Netherlands slides