The journal · LinkedIn posts
A living archive of posts published through my LinkedIn workspace, collected here as readable stories.
9 published posts · Latest first
Post artworkGenerative AI in Education
A few years ago, when GPT-4 was still the frontier of generative AI, I got an early look at what this technology could mean for education. During my senior year at Indiana University, Phil Jordan and I presented at IU's Statewide IT Conference about the opportunities—and problems—we were already see…
Post artworkNeural Audio Transcription & Summarization Engine
I was looking back through some of my older projects and found this one from college. It wasn’t for a class. I built it because I wanted a better way to go back through long lectures and tea…
Post artworkField Service Scheduler
One of the more interesting projects I’ve built started while I was installing garage doors, windows, and entry doors. I had never done that kind of work before. It was cold as hell, I was l…
I built a LinkedIn content system inside my portfolio
I built a LinkedIn content system inside my own portfolio. The problem wasn’t that I had nothing to post about. It was that my work was moving faster than my public story. Projects were spre…
Post artworkMy portfolio pulls its projects directly from Vercel
My portfolio doesn’t use a manually maintained list of projects anymore. gary-taylor.com It pulls them directly from my Vercel account. That sounds simple until you realize deployment data a…
Getting LayerLane Ready for Real Clients
Been getting LayerLane ready for actual client traffic, and the last couple days turned into way more than I expected. The intake flow already worked. Leads saved. Billing existed. The admin…
Post artworkSmart Fridge AI Economics
Those fridges that recognize your groceries sent me down a rabbit hole: What does the AI actually cost? With a few assumptions, I got about 86¢ per fridge per month using a small cloud visio…
Gare-E: Arduino Sensor Tank Robot
One of the first projects that made programming feel real to me was a little tank robot I built at Indiana University. I named it Gare-E. It used an Arduino, a rotating ultrasonic sensor, se…
LayerLane
I’ve been working on LayerLane for a while, and I realized almost nobody actually knows how much I’ve built inside it. So here’s a quick tour. The first screenshot shows my projects. This is…