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Custom outdoor lighting control app built with Claude

Building a Better Lighting Control App with AI

Articles | Apr 14 2026 | Tom Von Lahndorff

Building a Better Lighting Control App with AI I have an outdoor lighting system at my house — the kind with a gateway, relay controllers, and scheduling based on sunset and sunrise times. The hardware itself is solid. The manufacturer's app? Not so much. It was slow, buggy, and clearly designed

10 CSS Features That Actually Work Everywhere Now (2025)

Articles | Nov 20 2025 | Tom Von Lahndorff

10 CSS Features That Actually Work Everywhere Now (2025) CSS has changed a lot in the past few years. Features that used to require JavaScript or preprocessors are now native. Things that seemed impossible are now standard. The performance impact is huge. Native CSS runs faster than JavaScript,

Top 10 Tips for Working with Claude Code

Articles | Nov 15 2025 | Tom Von Lahndorff

Working with Claude Code (Anthropic's official CLI for AI-assisted development) has been a game-changer for my development workflow. Over the past few months, I've used it across several projects - refactoring legacy code, building new features, and optimizing performance. Through trial and error,

🎸 Guitar Chord Explorer

Projects | Oct 3 2025 | Tom Von Lahndorff

An interactive guitar chord learning tool with realistic guitar sounds and chord progression builder. Learn guitar chords visually with tablature diagrams and hear them played with authentic acoustic guitar samples. Features: 12 root notes (C through B with sharps/flats) 9 chord types (Major,

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Retro terminal-style system analyzer

Mega Analyzer

Projects | Sep 26 2025 | Tom Von Lahndorff

A retro "classified" terminal interface that analyzes your local computer setup in real-time. Displays hardware specs, security status, system resources, and live data feeds in an authentic 80s movie computer aesthetic. Features: Hardware detection (GPU, CPU, peripherals) Security scanner with threat assessment Real-time market data (crypto, stocks) System resource monitoring Display analytics and font detection Geographic intelligence Performance metrics with live FPS counter