tech
From MDX Files to a Real Publishing Workflow
How I replaced a brittle Next.js blog pipeline with ERPNext (then Ghost), n8n, and a couple of webhooks.
Mathew "Gitchegumi" Lindholm
opinion
The Food Court Problem
Why American politics feels like choosing between buttered bread and glass shards
faith
Entropy, Meaning, and the Image of God
Starting with a bleak thermodynamics joke and ending with a Lutheran confession about meaning, creation, and why the human experience cannot be reduced to chemistry alone.
tech
Why I Built My Own Budgeting Tool
I built a simple budgeting tool for the same reason I built DebtPipe. Existing tools either overcomplicate the process or oversimplify it. I wanted something clear, structured, and free.
tech
Introducing DebtPipe: A Debt Snowball Calculator for the Rest of Us
DebtPipe is a free, interactive debt snowball and avalanche calculator that supports unlimited debts, custom payments, and real-time payoff projections. Built because the tools I found either hid the details I cared about or limited how many debts I could add.
tech
QuantPipe v0.5.2 Devlog: Python Forex Backtesting Framework Refactor and Prop Firm Simulator Restoration
Algorithmic trading devlog documenting structural refactors to the QuantPipe Python forex backtesting framework, including unified CLI workflows, restored City Traders Imperium prop firm simulation logic, and initial CUDA GPU acceleration support.
tech
Devlog #2: Placing and Selecting Units in Violence of Action
In this devlog, I walk through adding unit interaction logic to Violence of Action, making it possible to click on a unit and pull up its info in a lower-third panel.
tech
Devlog #1: Laying the Groundwork for Violence of Action
A first look at building my turn-based tactics game
life
Still Figuring It Out: A Life in Jobs (and Why That’s Okay)
At 42 and retiring from the Army, I reflect on decades of diverse jobs and why it’s okay to not know what you want to be when you grow up.
opinion
Overreliance on AI: Why Tools Can’t Replace Thinking
Discover why overreliance on AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can undermine critical thinking and self-regulated learning.
tech
Why I Switched to Neovim (and Why You Might Not Want To)
From Army pilot to DevOps engineer, this blog explores how switching to Neovim became a turning point in one developer
faith
Building Hope One Nugget at a Time
Hope Nuggets is a blog and video series that shares reflections on Scripture and faith through a Lutheran lens.