How to Add a Custom Language to Your JetBrains IDE
A practical walkthrough of building JetBrains language support - from BNF grammar to code completion - based on building 22 plugins.
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We Rebuilt ilscipio.com From Scratch and Nobody Noticed
We replaced WordPress with Kronk CMS running Hugo underneath, halved the page weight and dropped CLS to zero. The site looks the same. That was the point.
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Local AI vs. Cloud APIs - When Each One Makes Sense
I run both local models and cloud APIs for different tasks. When to use which, and why most teams overthink this.
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So I Accidentally Built 22 JetBrains Plugins
It started with a Freemarker plugin. Then 21 more happened. The marketplace, the API, what worked, what did not.
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I Got Tired of Dragging Text Boxes, So I Built a Slide Language
Slaide turns one plain-text file into a web deck, a PDF and a PowerPoint. Open source, works from the command line, and AI agents can write it.
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I Forgot About My AI Inference Bill for a Month
What AI inference actually costs when you stop looking at the sticker price - and what I did about it.
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How a Spreadsheet Turned Into an AI Inference Router
I kept a spreadsheet of GPU prices. It was wrong within a week. So I built a router that checks in real time.
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I Replaced Five API Wrappers With MCP in a Weekend
MCP standardises how AI models talk to tools. I rewrote five custom integrations into MCP servers and regretted not doing it sooner.
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A SQL Injection Got Through Two Code Reviews
A junior developer pushed a classic SQL injection. Two senior reviewers approved it. So we added a scanner that catches what humans miss.
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Web Performance Tuning Checklist 2026
An updated checklist for web performance - INP, AVIF, edge-first, and the things that actually moved the score on our client projects this year.
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