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I'm Walter Macomber. I like to teach people who are interested in learning. I want to help people (and companies) get things done.

Latest articles

Getting What You *Actually* Want from an LLM
A practical, example-driven guide to writing better prompts for large language models. Using a realistic incident scenario, this article shows how clear thinking, audience awareness, and honest constraints lead to dramatically better outputs, and how to collaborate with an LLM when you don't yet know all the answers.
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Docker + Graylog
How to quickly get Graylog running in docker.
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Docker + RabbitMQ
How to quickly get RabbitMQ running in docker.
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Translating JavaScript Crypto Logic into Python
Lessons learned translating a homegrown JavaScript WireGuard key generator into Python - and why understanding data types matters as much as understanding the math.
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About Macomber Tech

I'm a DevOps Engineer / SRE / general technologist who enjoys building and taking apart complex systems and writing down the useful bits. Share it if it helps.

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