# Bhekani.com

> Personal website of Bhekani Khumalo. Writing about tech, productivity, life, and more.

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## Blog Posts
Published blog posts as faithful Markdown.
- [Turning a Lenovo tablet into a home display](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/building-a-home-dashboard-on-an-android-tablet.md): I went looking for a digital photo frame and found a Lenovo tablet at the same price. Here's how I turned it into an always-on home display, with a WebView launcher you can use yourself.
- [We're building the culture of AI work right now](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/were-building-the-culture-of-ai-work-right-now.md): Right now, every way we talk about AI at work is helping define what ownership, competence, and judgment look like in the AI era. We should be more deliberate about that.
- [The real bottleneck in your agentic workflow is you](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/the-real-bottleneck-in-your-agentic-workflow-is-you.md): When an AI agent stops to ask you something, it's usually not a reasoning failure. It's a context-access failure. The fix isn't a smarter model. It's better systems for capturing the judgment trapped in your head.
- [What does it actually mean to run AI in production?](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/mlops-vs-llmops.md): Your LLM can fail silently. No crash, no error - just worse answers reaching users while your logs show 200 OK. That's one of several ways LLMOps breaks from traditional MLOps. Here's what actually changes when your model is an API call.
- [Your AI is confidently wrong](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/your-ai-is-confidently-wrong.md): A benchmark tested 72 AI models on nonsense detection. ChatGPT's default pushes back 27% of the time. Gemini on Android? 10%. This matters when billions use AI for health advice.
- [Building an LLM Model Router: Lessons From the Wild](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/building-an-llm-model-router-lessons-from-the-wild.md): What we learned building a model router for a multi-model AI chat app - the scoring approach that didn't scale, and the classifier rewrite that fixed it.
- [Your AGENTS.md is probably hurting your agent](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/your-agents-md-is-probably-hurting-your-agent.md): Research shows agent context files reduce task success rates. Here's what to do instead.
- [Cognitive Memory for AI Agents: Building AI That Actually Forgets](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/cognitive-memory-for-ai-agents.md): How we built human-like memory for AI using Ebbinghaus decay curves, spaced repetition, and associative linking — and why forgetting matters.
- [Why I Built AI That Forgets: A Tampa Trip Story](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/why-ai-needs-to-forget.md): My AI remembered I was going to Tampa. Then it forgot which day I was going to the beach. The problem wasn't too little memory—it was too much, all equally prioritized.
- [How to sign Git commits with SSH keys](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/sign-git-commits-with-ssh-keys.md): Git version 2.34.0+ supports SSH for signing commits for a simpler, smoother process. In this article, I've put together a quick and easy guide on how to use SSH to sign your Git commits—easy setup, secure commits, no fuss.
- [(Potentially) Useful tools](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/useful-tools.md): A list of some useful (and potentially useful) tools that I use or might use in development projects
- [Add commenting to Astro blog with Giscus](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/add-commenting-to-astro-blog-with-giscus.md): A guide to how I added commenting to this blog with Giscus.
- [Add file via GitHub app](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/test.md)
- [Writing is Thinking](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/writing-is-thinking.md): Does writing intimidate you? Unlock the power of writing as a tool for thinking. Discover how writing aids in articulating thoughts, understanding complex ideas, and communicating effectively. 
- [How to Never Get a Job: A Comprehensive Guide to Lifelong Leisure](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/how-to-never-get-a-job.md):  Looking to maintain your blissful state of unemployment or simply seeking a fresh perspective on job hunting? You're in luck. Here are nine unconventional strategies for not getting a job.
- [Confrontation as Opportunity: Embracing Difficult Conversations for Personal and Interpersonal Growth](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/confrontation-as-opportunity.md): Discover the power of confrontation and how to turn it into an opportunity for growth
- [Here's why introverts hate small talk](https://www.bhekani.com/posts/introverts-small-talk.md)

## Projects
Published projects and their canonical destinations.
- [blah.chat](https://blah.chat): AI chat with mid-conversation model switching, conversation branching, and cost tracking.
- [CV Optimiser](https://www.cvoptimiser.com): AI tool that tailors a CV to a specific job description.
- [Dealbase Africa](https://dealbase.africa): Funding-data platform for African startups.
- [EasyDeck](https://www.easydeck.app): Outline-first AI presentation generator with graphics and exports to PowerPoint and PDF.
- [Imali](https://www.imali.cc): Personal finance tracker that imports CSV and PDF bank statements, categorizes transactions, and shows finance views.
- [Interview Optimiser](https://www.interviewoptimiser.com): AI interview practice with real-time voice conversations and feedback reports.
- [Journaler](https://journaler.me): A historical community platform for finding, sharing, and saving journal prompts.
- [Linganisa](https://linganisa.vercel.app): AI try-on previews from a photo and product link.
- [mxr](https://mxr.sh): Agent-first, local-first email client in Rust with terminal, web, CLI, and MCP surfaces.
- [Pro-search](https://pro-search.io): Search query builder for Google, GitHub, and other platforms.
- [Reference Optimiser](https://www.referenceoptimiser.com): AI voice reference interviews with reports for recruiters.
- [spotuify](https://spotuify.app): Spotify for the command line, with TUI, CLI, MCP, and macOS menu bar clients.
- [Worth Your Time](https://worthyourtime.xyz): AI film checks using your preferences and ratings, on the web and iOS.

## Micro Posts
Published Micro notes as Markdown.
- [Using 1password CLI for secrets](https://www.bhekani.com/micro/1password-cli-for-secrets.md): 2024-08-14
- [I'm back on VSCode](https://www.bhekani.com/micro/back-to-vscode.md): 2024-01-28
- [Clean up merged branches](https://www.bhekani.com/micro/clean-up-merged-branches.md): 2024-01-28
- [Owning my own reading log](https://www.bhekani.com/micro/owning-my-own-reading-log.md): 2024-01-28
- [Using connection pooled URL with Supabase and Prisma](https://www.bhekani.com/micro/supabase-direct-url-with-connection-pooling.md): 2024-01-28
- [How to remove file from Git history](https://www.bhekani.com/micro/remove-file-from-git-history.md): 2024-01-08

## Optional
- [Full blog content](https://www.bhekani.com/llms-full.txt): All published blog posts as Markdown
### Reading Log
111 books catalogued. Full list at https://www.bhekani.com/books/.
- [1984](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by George Orwell (5/5)
- [Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by Cal Newport (5/5)
- [Faith and Doubt](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by John Ortberg (5/5)
- [How to Be Miserable 40 Strategies You Already Use](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by Randy J Paterson (5/5)
- [Love Beyond Reason](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by John Ortberg (5/5)
- [Man’s Search for Meaning](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by Viktor E Frankl (5/5)
- [Mere Christianity](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by CS Lewis (5/5)
- [Rhythm of War The Stormlight Archive 4](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by Brandon Sanderson (5/5)
- [Steal Like an Artist 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by Austin Kleon (5/5)
- [Steps to Christ](https://www.bhekani.com/books/): by Ellen Gould White (5/5)