Building Omarchy Plugins With an AI Agent
How Omarchy shell plugins are built — manifest, QML widget, testing without a mouse, and the five traps that ate the most time — with an AI agent assisting.
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I'm a retired IT professional with a passion for making life work smarter, not harder. After decades in technology, I've brought that same problem-solving mindset to everything from home automation to cast iron cooking.
I believe in tinkering, learning, and sharing what I discover along the way. My home is my lab—literally. From solar batteries to Tesla charging schedules to DIY networking, there's always something brewing.
When I'm not deep in some tech project, you'll find me with my best friend Rudy (a Golden Retriever who's basically my work-from-home coworker), enjoying jazz, Fleetwood Mac, or cheering on the St. Louis Cardinals.
Building an intelligent home with Home Assistant, custom automations, and thoughtful integrations.
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Docker, self-hosted services, and LaRussa running the show behind the scenes.
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Cardinal Nation for life. Spring training in Jupiter is my happy place.
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Jazz, Phil Collins, The Police, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac. Good music never gets old.
The pursuit of perfect pizza at home. Dough science, sauce ratios, and why the oven is never hot enough. 🍕
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How Omarchy shell plugins are built — manifest, QML widget, testing without a mouse, and the five traps that ate the most time — with an AI agent assisting.
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A keybind that never fired, a reload that silently disabled the keyboard, and one Lua process that had been spinning for 34 hours.
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Why using the right AI model for the right task matters more than raw power.
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