Jake Rita
@jakerita.bsky.social
Engineering degree, builder's hands | Dad of 2 under 2 | Built products for big tech and small companies alike | Engineering systems for UC management | Turning challenges into opportunities | Founder latticeoperations.com | Shipping rhometrix.com
My obsidian plugin is officially out of bot-purgatory and into human-review-limbo! They say patience is a virtue. Stay tuned.
July 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My obsidian plugin is officially out of bot-purgatory and into human-review-limbo! They say patience is a virtue. Stay tuned.
My keyboard is gathering dust... I'm increasingly using voice-to-text for everything. While tools like WhisprFlow are a helpful middleman, I wish more applications offered integrated voice functionality. Will keep this in mind for future projects and upgrades...
July 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My keyboard is gathering dust... I'm increasingly using voice-to-text for everything. While tools like WhisprFlow are a helpful middleman, I wish more applications offered integrated voice functionality. Will keep this in mind for future projects and upgrades...
Submitted my obsidian plugin for listing as a community plugin on the app, let's see if it get's accepted... github.com/obsidianmd/o...
Add plugin: AI Text Formatter by jayarerita · Pull Request #7201 · obsidianmd/obsidian-releases
added ai-text-formatter I am submitting a new Community Plugin Repo URL Link to my plugin: https://github.com/jayarerita/obsidian-ai-text-formatter Release Checklist I have tested the plugin on ...
github.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Submitted my obsidian plugin for listing as a community plugin on the app, let's see if it get's accepted... github.com/obsidianmd/o...
I have been using WisprFlow for faster input into various applications, especially taking notes, but I wanted to be able to customize the format of the output. So I built an @obsidian.md plugin jayarerita.github.io/obsidian-ai-... that will reformat the text you spew into notes, tasks, etc.
AI Text Formatter for Obsidian
Transform your text using AI into structured notes, flowing prose, or actionable to-do lists.
jayarerita.github.io
July 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I have been using WisprFlow for faster input into various applications, especially taking notes, but I wanted to be able to customize the format of the output. So I built an @obsidian.md plugin jayarerita.github.io/obsidian-ai-... that will reformat the text you spew into notes, tasks, etc.
Pretty surprised at the pixel art characters and assets kiro.dev generated from scratch for a 2D game I tried building with it as a test piece.
July 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Pretty surprised at the pixel art characters and assets kiro.dev generated from scratch for a 2D game I tried building with it as a test piece.
Is the new AI ide from AWS, kiro.dev , the answer to "vibe coding" chaos?
I am pretty impressed so far with the approach of stepping through their pipeline of requirements -> technical design -> actionable tasks.
I am pretty impressed so far with the approach of stepping through their pipeline of requirements -> technical design -> actionable tasks.
Kiro
The AI IDE for prototype to production
kiro.dev
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Is the new AI ide from AWS, kiro.dev , the answer to "vibe coding" chaos?
I am pretty impressed so far with the approach of stepping through their pipeline of requirements -> technical design -> actionable tasks.
I am pretty impressed so far with the approach of stepping through their pipeline of requirements -> technical design -> actionable tasks.
Put together a new GitHub template repository to demonstrate integrating AWS Amplify Authentication into a @tanstack.com Start project. I ran into a few issues with setup when refactoring a react-router project over to Tanstack Start, so I made this from the basic-auth example to get my bearings.
GitHub - jayarerita/tanstack-start-basic-auth-amplify: Refactor of the basic auth example code to use amplify authenticator component and backend data
Refactor of the basic auth example code to use amplify authenticator component and backend data - jayarerita/tanstack-start-basic-auth-amplify
github.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Put together a new GitHub template repository to demonstrate integrating AWS Amplify Authentication into a @tanstack.com Start project. I ran into a few issues with setup when refactoring a react-router project over to Tanstack Start, so I made this from the basic-auth example to get my bearings.
Shout out to @kenney.nl for his awesome pixel art assets which often include a set of discrete tiles to go along with the packed tile sheets if you only need a few tiles.
Assets · Kenney
2D 3D UI Audio Pixel Textures
kenney.nl
June 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Shout out to @kenney.nl for his awesome pixel art assets which often include a set of discrete tiles to go along with the packed tile sheets if you only need a few tiles.
A few years ago I built a little python cli version of the Penniless Pilgrim Game from TedX just to brute force a solution. Recently I rebuilt an interactive web version using #AmazonQDevCLI for the #BuildGamesChallenge. Check out the game at jayarerita.github.io/penniless-pi...
June 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A few years ago I built a little python cli version of the Penniless Pilgrim Game from TedX just to brute force a solution. Recently I rebuilt an interactive web version using #AmazonQDevCLI for the #BuildGamesChallenge. Check out the game at jayarerita.github.io/penniless-pi...
Looking into food databases for my UC tracking app today...
The good: @openfoodfacts.bsky.social is an incredible open source resource with comprehensive data.
The challenge: Their API rate limits don't play nice with my planned architecture.
"What would it take to self-host this in DynamoDB?"
The good: @openfoodfacts.bsky.social is an incredible open source resource with comprehensive data.
The challenge: Their API rate limits don't play nice with my planned architecture.
"What would it take to self-host this in DynamoDB?"
April 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Looking into food databases for my UC tracking app today...
The good: @openfoodfacts.bsky.social is an incredible open source resource with comprehensive data.
The challenge: Their API rate limits don't play nice with my planned architecture.
"What would it take to self-host this in DynamoDB?"
The good: @openfoodfacts.bsky.social is an incredible open source resource with comprehensive data.
The challenge: Their API rate limits don't play nice with my planned architecture.
"What would it take to self-host this in DynamoDB?"
Thank you @tannerlinsley.com for making @tanstack.com Query work across frameworks! It really shines with AWS Amplfy's Gen 2 type system where all your types are automatically generated from your DB schema definitions.
github.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Thank you @tannerlinsley.com for making @tanstack.com Query work across frameworks! It really shines with AWS Amplfy's Gen 2 type system where all your types are automatically generated from your DB schema definitions.
Hidden gem in the @callstack.com React Native Paper example: built-in internationalization I wasn't even looking for! After ignoring i18n in previous projects (always "someday"), seeing their clean implementation + catching @syntax.fm podcast #781 with @w3cj.com
yesterday was perfect timing.
yesterday was perfect timing.
April 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hidden gem in the @callstack.com React Native Paper example: built-in internationalization I wasn't even looking for! After ignoring i18n in previous projects (always "someday"), seeing their clean implementation + catching @syntax.fm podcast #781 with @w3cj.com
yesterday was perfect timing.
yesterday was perfect timing.
Just made a pivot in my UC tracking app that saved me hours of frustration. As a web dev diving into React Native for the first time, I naturally tried bringing my favorite workflow with me—using reusable component libraries similar to my beloved shadcn-ui approach.
April 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just made a pivot in my UC tracking app that saved me hours of frustration. As a web dev diving into React Native for the first time, I naturally tried bringing my favorite workflow with me—using reusable component libraries similar to my beloved shadcn-ui approach.
It's been a while since I did any native dev, and the only thing more impressive than how much better it is with @expo.dev is the staggering number of dependencies I have managed to rack up
April 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It's been a while since I did any native dev, and the only thing more impressive than how much better it is with @expo.dev is the staggering number of dependencies I have managed to rack up
When you're managing ulcerative colitis, connecting the dots between triggers and flares feels like solving a mystery with missing pages as your side project. That's the problem I'm tackling with my latest endeavor.
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
When you're managing ulcerative colitis, connecting the dots between triggers and flares feels like solving a mystery with missing pages as your side project. That's the problem I'm tackling with my latest endeavor.
Having spent so much time in the AWS ecosystem over the past year, I'm now expolring other VPS providers for self hosting some services. It's kind of refreshing to see a pricing plan that a 1st grader could understand...
April 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Having spent so much time in the AWS ecosystem over the past year, I'm now expolring other VPS providers for self hosting some services. It's kind of refreshing to see a pricing plan that a 1st grader could understand...
Just set up a new @hetzner.bsky.social server with @coolify.io , and it was too easy. I can already see where this slippery slope of self hosting is going...
April 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Just set up a new @hetzner.bsky.social server with @coolify.io , and it was too easy. I can already see where this slippery slope of self hosting is going...
Any parent who has ever fed their toddlers soup or quinoa understands that 80% of the appeal of chicken fingers is the low-mess clean up afterwards... The marketing department at Tyson and Purdue should really capitalize on this.
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Any parent who has ever fed their toddlers soup or quinoa understands that 80% of the appeal of chicken fingers is the low-mess clean up afterwards... The marketing department at Tyson and Purdue should really capitalize on this.
Working on a personal project/app to help manage UC symptoms. I need to access some food and allergen related data. I have been looking at world.openfoodfacts.org and platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api. Does anyone have other suggestions or opinions?
Help us inform millions of consumers around the world about what they eat
world.openfoodfacts.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Working on a personal project/app to help manage UC symptoms. I need to access some food and allergen related data. I have been looking at world.openfoodfacts.org and platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api. Does anyone have other suggestions or opinions?