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GCP Next26

I just got back from a week in Vegas for Google Cloud Next26. It was about AI and Agents (and that's about it). I really enjoyed meeting other GDE's, and some of the Developer Expo hall talks on Gemini CLI and MCP setups. I'll cover some of the more interesting uses of MCP and Skils in the coming weeks
Perl MCP Server with Google Worksheets: Part 2

Perl MCP Server with Google Worksheets: Part 2

Published Jan 15, 2026 by Isaac Johnson

Earlier this week I posted my first article on PerlMCP which I pushed to Codeberg as a version1.0 tag. That code provides a Perl-based MCP server of type httpStreamable tied to a fixed GCP Service...

Perl MCP Server with Google Worksheets

Perl MCP Server with Google Worksheets

Published Jan 13, 2026 by Isaac Johnson

Following the post from last week where I looked into COBOL and FORTRAN, I wanted to try a language I have more at my fingertips; perl. I started my coding life with Perl. In the 90s I had a few ...

COBOL and FORTRAN Web/MCP Servers

COBOL and FORTRAN Web/MCP Servers

Published Jan 8, 2026 by Isaac Johnson

Today we will do two things: look at webservers and try and make MCP servers. In both cases, we are going to use some slightly older 2GLs: COBOL and FORTRAN.

OS Apps: Alexandrie, Bytestash and Snipe-IT

OS Apps: Alexandrie, Bytestash and Snipe-IT

Published Jan 5, 2026 by Isaac Johnson

It’s 2026 so let’s start off with a few interesting open-source apps that have been on my radar: Alexandrie, Bytestash and Snipe-IT. All three, over time, came from posts on Marius hosting, just t...

MinIO replacements: RustFS and Garage

MinIO replacements: RustFS and Garage

Published Dec 31, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

I wanted to come back to RustFS since writing about it last week. I ran it in docker locally then in Kubernetes, but how would I really run RustFS? What does a production instance look like?

Updates: n8n and Code Server

Updates: n8n and Code Server

Published Dec 25, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

Our n8n has been out of date for quite a while. It’s the engine that fires up when you click “Feedback” at the top of the page and does quite a lot for me.

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