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Artificial Intelligence

The same app, a thousand times

by Darren Saunders5 min read

Last night I created a spreadsheet of stocks then turned it into a small dashboard. I typed what I wanted, an AI agent built it, and by midnight I had a working tool with live prices, financial APIs, a purchase ledger and notes. It looks professional and I…

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Development

Signal Desk AI, and how to build your own

by Darren Saunders2 min read

I wrote a few days ago about building a small dashboard for shortlisting and researching stocks. That post was about why I built it. This one is about the fact that you can now…

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Development

An update on my Blogging System

by Darren Saunders3 min read

In January I wrote a post about why I was building my own blogging system instead of using one of the many that already exist. Ownership. Control. Multilingual linking.…

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Development

Building my own stock research dashboard

by Darren Saunders1 min read

I built a small private dashboard called Signal Desk AI for the handful of stocks I follow and plan to purchase. It doesn't generate buy or sell signals. It's a workspace — a…

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Development

Nodescan revisited

by Darren Saunders4 min read

Around 20 years ago, shortly after I joined Nestle Japan, I stopped working on a side project named Nodescan that had consumed 10 years and hundreds of my waking hours. I…

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Development

First Post

by admin4 min read

This blog is a work in progress. It was co progammed using a variety of code assistants and AI LLMs. I am learning more every day and I plan to keep improving the look and feel…

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Technology

Welcome to 2026

by admin1 min read

A first post for 2026 for the first public release of this blog on a newly deployed version of the paladyne website on fly.io. It's been a long road to get this blog working. I…

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Project Update

CI/CD Setup Guide for Paladyne Corp Website

by darren@paladyne.co1 min read

CI/CD Setup Guide for Paladyne Corp Website This document outlines the process for setting up continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) for the Paladyne Corp…

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Artificial Intelligence

AI - a new shell game?

by Darren1 min read

Recently I have been thinking of the story of Narcissus who fell in love with his reflection in the water and was captivated by it to the exclusion of all else.…

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テクノロジー

AIはシェルゲームですか?

by Darren1 min read

最近、私は水面に映る自分の姿に恋をし、それに魅了されて他のすべてを排除したナルキッソスの物語について考えています。 AIは人間の「知恵」の反映なのでしょうか? 混乱させ、魅了し、親しみやすいが知性のシルエットに過ぎない? 蜃気楼? 子供じみた心を持つ者への魔法使いのトリック? 救済の仮面をかぶった呪い?…

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