Mike Olson - Blog Posts

Managing AI Like You Manage People

Lessons from people management that apply to AI agent workflows.

Published:
Jan 4, 2026

Keywords:
ai

New CachyOS Guides for Gaming and Server Setup

Two new guides for CachyOS covering gaming setup and server installation.

Published:
Jan 3, 2026

Keywords:
cachyos

ty: A Fast Python Type Checker and LSP for Emacs

Fast Python type checking and LSP with Eglot and Astral's ty in Emacs.

Published:
Dec 17, 2025

Keywords:
emacs

My Emacs AI Setup

How I use AI tools in Emacs: minuet for completions, gptel-fn-complete for rewrites, OpenCode for most else.

Published:
Dec 3, 2025

Keywords:
ai, emacs

Improving Performance by Reducing API Data Size

How tailored API responses can prevent 5+ second load times.

Published:
Nov 28, 2025

Keywords:
performance

Automatic Arrow Characters in Emacs

How to set up automatic conversion of "-" and ">" to "→" in Emacs.

Published:
Nov 23, 2025

Keywords:
emacs

Ghostty + tmux uniform copy and paste

Configure Ghostty and tmux for consistent copy/paste behavior across terminal sessions.

Published:
Nov 11, 2025

gptel-manual-complete: AI function completion in Emacs

Complete entire functions in Emacs using AI with gptel-manual-complete.

Published:
May 19, 2025

Keywords:
emacs