Gianluca Nieri

July 2026

• 17 Kiro turns one. Here’s how to learn it in a single weekend
  Kiro is easy to start with and deceptively deep. A one-Saturday plan to get past the surface, using only free, official AWS workshops and documentation.
  TAGS: gen-ai, kiro
• 12 How I use Amazon Quick to complete my notes
  Your markdown notes are full of half-finished thoughts and open questions. Note Completer reads them, answers your inline ==questions== right where you left them, and gives you back a note that's actually done.
  TAGS: ai-skills, AmazonQuick, gen-ai

April 2026

• 22 The ritual that fixed my vacations: writing everything down before leaving
  Before every trip, I write down everything I'm working on so my brain can actually let go. Turns out there's close to a century of psychological research explaining why this works.
  TAGS: organization, thoughts, travels
• 04 8 custom zsh functions that replaced dozens of commands in my daily workflow
  Eight practical zsh functions for macOS that streamline AWS identity checks, S3 file sharing, Bedrock cost tracking, network diagnostics, and more — each solving a specific daily pain point with minimal dependencies.
  TAGS: macos, techtips, vibecoding

March 2026

• 29 The MagSafe wallet I can’t live without just got a tracker
  After over a year with the MOFT Snap-on Phone Stand & Wallet, I upgraded to the new trackable version with Apple Find My built in. Here's how it compares.
  TAGS: hardware, reviews
• 13 Push Notifications for Claude Code: Never Miss a Prompt Again
  Learn how to set up mobile push notifications for Claude Code using ntfy.sh so you never miss a prompt when away from your desk.
  TAGS: gen-ai
• 11 How I built a Claude Code skill to publish WordPress drafts from the terminal
  I built a Claude Code skill that formats blog posts as Gutenberg blocks and pushes them to WordPress as drafts via wp-cli over SSH, all without leaving the terminal.
  TAGS: blogging, gen-ai
• 08 How I built a walking tour guide in Obsidian with Claude Code
  I had three hours in Rome, patchy data, and a loose mental list of monuments to see before reaching Termini station. Navigation apps know where to go, guidebooks know what you're looking at, but nothing does both. After trying Google My Maps, Apple Maps, and HTML exports, I found the solution in Obsidian's Leaflet plugin: one note with an interactive map, route overlay, historical context for each stop, and direct links to Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation between waypoints.
  TAGS: gen-ai, travels
• 01 Use daily notes to track bits of information you need
  After trying elaborate Obsidian workflows with complex hierarchies and templates, I discovered a minimal system that actually sticks: daily notes with tagged bullet points and Dataview dashboards. One file per day, one line per thought, each tagged for later retrieval. Instead of organizing upfront, queries automatically pull relevant information into dashboards when needed.
  TAGS: obsidian, organization

February 2026

• 22 Your Mermaid diagrams don’t have to die at the command line
  You wrote your docs in Markdown with Mermaid diagrams because they're version-controlled and easy to edit. Then someone asked for a Word file, and your flowcharts turned into raw syntax. Pandoc handles most Markdown-to-docx conversion fine, but it treats Mermaid blocks as plain text.
  TAGS: macos