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7:00

Episode 114 - Is Prompt Engineering Still a Thing?

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/01/26

Well, a boring episode no doubt, but is prompt engineering still a thing?What do you think?I will be running a series of courses soon. Everything from getting started with modern coding to using AI to help code and also baking AI into your own code!Click here to join the waitlist!Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOr just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and yes, I

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5:16

Episode 113 - Mecha Comet Handheld Linux Computer!

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/01/12

Taking the Raspberry PI concept a little further and providing a Linux platform, the Mecha Comet is (hopefully!) going to change how I look at Linux computers for sure!It has a modular design, snap-on extensions and lots of cool stuff! It can be a phone, games machine, electronic fiddling machine, you name it!Definitely worth checking out!Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then

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8:26

Episode 112 - Autogen and Magentic One AI Agent...

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/01/02

Oh goodness me, what a way to start 2025!Agentic systems - AI Agents - are indeed getting better and better (or worse?).Today we look at Magentic One and Autogen. We also discuss the split of Autogen from the original founders. Take a listen to learn more!Magentic OneAutogenHey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOr just

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5:56

UpNote: More Notetaking Madness!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/12/30

Well, although I am a long-term user of OneNote, UpNote might just tempt me away!UpNote has an app for every platform (even Linux no less!) and syncs across seamlessly. A free version exists but also a very cheap monthly version as well as a really cheap lifetime deal.Worth a look? well, take a listen to learn more :)Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a

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20:36

Episode 110 - 2024 Weekend Ramble #4

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/12/27

Just a ramble about 2024 and the ever present AI goldrush…Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via https://patreon.com/justfivemins?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkOr just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone

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6:43

Episode 109 - Figma vs AI to Generate UI

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/12/15

So, Figma has been around for a while. A designer tool for creating layouts of all kinds be it websites, mobile UI’s and so on.With AI, and specifically GitHub Copilot Vision, can you build user interfaces? and take that one step further to actually generate the code?Figma link hereGitHub Copilot Vision hereHey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid

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6:32

Episode 107 - Windsurf AI Code Editor!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/11/29

YAAICE! (Yet another AI Code Editor)Yep, there are lots of these IDE/Code Editors popping up all based on VS Code since it is open source, and why not!We covered cursor.ai a few weeks back which caught me out as I just thought it was VS Code with a different skin, but oh no, it was much more than that.Windsurf is from the excellent Codeium company. Again, we covered Codeium a while ago. Codeium provided AI code add-ins to most of the known IDE’s and Editors out there allowing a CoPilot style

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7:05

Episode 106 - Sorry, did I mention AI agents already?

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/11/23

Don’t worry, as long as no one creates an AI agent called “Smith”, I think we are all safe!FOMO time again perhaps, but AI agents ARE going to change the way you live and work. Like everything, it can be a positive or a negative - you choose, but choose wisely :)Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOh, and yes, I have

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5:12

Episode 105 - WASM Strikes Back!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/11/12

Well, I did a podcast back in Episode 22 (crikey! 2022) covering a few of the key points regarding Docker vs WASM.It seems WASM (Web Assembly) and WASI (Web Assembly Infrastructure) is continuing to gain strength. WASM containers could be a more lightweight option and will run anywhere - no need to switch from Linux to Windows containers.Anyway, take a listen to find out more! :)Some links that can provide a deeper dive if you wish:InfoWorld Article on WASM vs DockerYes! You can run WASM based

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6:57

Episode 104 - Retool Application Builder

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/11/07

Well, I originally took a look at Retool a while ago. It is a really rich application builder that allows self-hosting too (as a Docker container). I liked the idea of this given a company might want to have control of apps within their own infrastructure.Retool as come along leaps and bounds and now:* Still has an amazingly rich application building interface with lots of integrations options including your own API targets* “Hands-Free” PostgreSQL database! Use whatever datastore you want

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6:56

Episode 102 - Jetbrains Rider & Webstorm FREE!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/10/26

Well, if I could sell any software, I would be happy to pay for a Jetbrains subscription!However, if you are like me, you can now use Jetbrains Rider (for all things .NET) and Webstorm (for all things Javascript/frontend) freeeeeeeee!I can still seem to ramble on over 5 minutes even with something as simple as this!Anyway, take care. Until the next time… Get full access to Just Five Mins! at www.justfivemins.com/subscribe

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8:53

Episode 101 - Cursor IDE or not?

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/10/21

Well, inovation is continuous for sure. Just look at the amount of Javascript frameworks that exist at any one moment!So, we have cursor IDE. A new (ish) IDE (integrated development environment) for coding in whatever language you want. It is built on the same platform as VS code. The key selling point is it is an AI first IDE, meaning it has AI code assistance built in from the get go. Cursor has a free plan and also paid plans that allow you more flexibility and different AI models.Although I

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22:58

Episode 100! - The goodness me ramble edition!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/10/16

Well, what to say… 100 episodes! yes, polluting the digital airwaves for far too long!Taking a quick retrospective look back - he says, as if 100 episodes is an achievement! Ulysees the Unicorn will be happy to welcome you :)(You can subscribe free by the way!) Get full access to Just Five Mins! at www.justfivemins.com/subscribe

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7:46

Episode 99 - Deno Part 2

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/10/10

Well, if you have ever heard of NodeJS then this might be of interest to you :)NodeJS has been around for quite some time, and used by a lot of large companies - but it did have some issues (not to mention the whole NPM world!).The creator of NodeJS went away a few years ago to create DENO (yes, switch those letters around!). DENO aimed to fix some of the failings of NodeJS but didn’t support a lot of the existing NodeJS ecosystem.DENO 2 does let you use the older NodeJS modules as well as it’s own

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6:45

Episode 98 - Fly IO instead of Docker?

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/10/04

Well now, are you using Docker? never heard of Docker? well perhaps you might want to ask AI to help there.If you do use Docker to create containers of your apps/micro-services then what about Fly.io?Fly.io is a public cloud infrastructure platform. Users deploy applications as Docker images, but Fly.io does not utilize Docker to run the applications.Docker images are actually OCI (Open Container Initiative) images, which are essentially stacks of tarballs (are these similar to harballs that a cat

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6:14

Episode 97 - Tailwind CSS and then some!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/09/21

Well, what do you know? back to some frontend web stuff no less!I have been using bootstrap CSS for years, and still do, but when I eventually realised Tailwind CSS was “something”, I have since been trying a few projects out with Tailwind CSS. However, because I am lazy and have been using WordPress with Elementor (page builder), I stumbled across dev dojo and some of their product offerings, one of which is “tails” - a page builder using Tailwind CSS no less! It looks really cool and produces a

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7:59

Episode 96 - AI Agents and Agentic Systems

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/09/14

We are not talking just chatbots - albeit more intelligent ones!An AI agent/assistant can be tasked to do specific things to reach a goal and work with other agents, either in parallel, or sequential (i.e. do all these things first, then does this).The cool thing is each AI agent can use a completely different model i.e. you don’t have to tie everything into just chatGPT/Open AI. You might find a different model or model sets beneficial for certain things.Also, the big component is a mix of RAG

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6:41

Episode 95 - Note Taking Again!

Just Five Mins! ·

2024/09/07

Well, for the time being, I am sticking with OneNote as I have so much in there! However, the way Obsidian Notes is moving, is looking tempting. Of course, the notes/data stay on your device which is a plus however, for convenience, you will most likely need the data synchronised to your other devices. It is possible of course!Also, AI is ever creeping in to everything in modern life - love it or hate it.ObsidianObsidian SyncObsistants for ObsidianUntil next time, take care! Get full access to

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