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My Blog Has an API for AI Now. No Keys, Just OAuth.
Aaron Crowder

Webstead, the CMS that runs this blog, now has an MCP server built in. As of this morning it also does OAuth, so I connected it to Claude like any other connector. No API keys pasted anywhere, just a normal "log in and approve" flow. The MCP server landed in #147 and the OAuth bits in #148. What it can do Claude can now: Search and read my posts Write drafts and hand me a preview link that works logged out Upload media Edit, publish, revert, and delete, with a confirm step for the destructiv...

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Lil family run

Lil family run

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Did a run with these two while E was at softball practice!

Aaron Crowder

I Taught My Home Server to Talk Back (Over IRC)
Aaron Crowder

A while back I wrote about building a home server. That post was all Docker containers, DNS, and reverse proxies. The foundation. This post is about what I've started building on that foundation, and it's a little different: the box now does things for me every morning, and I can talk to it from my phone. The goal I gave myself was loose: an always-on box that smartly automates my life. My laptop isn't always on, so it can't be the thing that runs scheduled jobs. The server is, so that's wher...

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Morning Run

Morning Run

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Ran 3.7 mi in 37:08 (9:59/mi pace), 108 ft elevation gain.

Aaron Crowder