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The LORD our God is producing some podcast episodes in the background. Can't wait to get home and record what God has placed in my heart in this season.
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Unemployed Chronicles #13:
I have not posted an Unemployed Chronicles in a while. Felt good to be honest. I love to share what is on my heart and mind, encourage others, and see others be encouraged by the Word of God through these posts. But there was a point where it seem like I was putting too much effort in this than any other time I have done it. When I could be putting much more effort into my business and caring for my family. Also, there hasn't been much advancement with my applications, just denials left and right.
A few weeks ago, one morning when I was praying on my way to trucking school, I poured out my heart to the LORD. During my prayer to the LORD, He revealed to me the condition of my heart, what part I need to work on with Him while He breaks me down and builds me back up. It came back to the Fruits of the Spirit, which are: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. The Sunday prior to this morning prayer, the sermon at church touch upon the Fruits of the Spirit and how if we lack any of them to seek them and ask for God to pour more of Him in you. Desire not only the Gifts of the Spirit but the Fruits as well. The Fruits are the outward expressions of God's character on display through our lives as believers.
Which Fruit do I lack in? It is Gentleness. At times I can be harsh with my words even if they are words with good intentions and full of love, but not everyone can handle the kind of love a New Yorker expresses, so I have to be more lowly and humble in my gentleness.
As I started to work on this with God and giving Him every flaw I can think of. My soul feels His everlasting peace. Every denial or ghosted response I receive, its just another confirmation that God is leading the charge in this fight. Christ is a conqueror of hearts. His purpose in my life is greater than the one I have planned before me. While God is molding me into the likeness of the Son, Christ Jesus; He is also providing for my family and I. Just recently, people have been reaching out for potential work to be done for their business, SaaS, or Startup ideas. Either organic search, conversations with my network, or word of mouth referral.
I am planning on recording a podcast episode or a series of episodes for codeFellowship( ) regarding this Spiritual Journey and Transformation that God is taking me through. As developers, we think it is the end or a long dreadful desert when we get laid off, but there is something much more to it than just a layoff. If we are followers of Christ, it is much more. It is a brewing testimony, a realtime witnessing of the power, grace, and mercy of God.
"3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do." - Jeremiah 18:3-4. ESV
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@CoreyAlderin Awesome. Once I get back from my road trip with the family. I will get a date and time brewing and send it off to those who want to join in. I am debating whether it should be a live or recorded episode.
I am looking to start Season 3 of the podcast soon. I am envision a panel of a couple of Christian Devs who have built with AI, implemented AI-powered features, and just casually drinking the AI juice. I want the primary focus of this episode to be about the state of AI technology from a Christian perspective and the good that Christians can contribute to the world using AI-technology.
I have some candidates in mind of reaching out to for this Season 3 Opener like @rasmic, @webdevcody, @CameronPak, and others.
If you know of any other Bible-believing Christian that would be a good fit for this, drop down in the comments.
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@Mike_vanGoch Amén!
And if anyone is confused, let them ask for wisdom from the Father who gives without reproach.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
- James 1:5 ESV
That’s a really good question. My follow up would be, do the people who end up doing this truly know their Good Shepherd. John 10, Jesus speaks about how the sheep knows the voice of their shepherd and they follow Him at the sound of His voice. But if a stranger comes and tries to call them, they do not move but they flee away from the stranger.
I believe that’s the biggest differentiator when it comes to devout followers of Christ in contrast to people who call themselves “Christian”, regardless of the times.
I just found out that the podcast channel can enable Auto-dubbing to other languages on @YouTube. This is exciting for the podcast and the work we are producing for the kingdom of God. I know we have international viewers and this will God-willing facilitate a better experience for them when listening or watching the show.
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In the last 2 weeks, Turso had more than 300 commits. That's a breakneck speed of 20 a day.
For a database!
And that's not just playing catch up either: we landed incredible optimizations and new features like CDC, that SQLite lacks.
Awww....Praise God, he was provided a new best friend. My oldest (7yrs old) is starting at a new school next week since we moved to a new house in a different part of our city. So its going to be an adjustment but I am also praying, there are kids with better influence and he can also find new best friends within.
Lots. And the free part is the bait. People love free things but nothing is free in this world. Everything comes with a cost. Free means giving up many other liberties, rights, or protections in place. So when people decide to use AI as a therapist of some kind, as an example, they are already giving up their privacy rights to medical and personal information.
I believe there is a balance to this depending on the business model you are wanting to execute on. But I believe that if you are passionate about a mission-driven solution, put it into prayer, and seek wisdom from God in the process, who is to say there will be no monetary gain. And if none, it could open doors to other opportunities that provides the financial gain.
AI-generated porn or not. The fact that there are people trying to make porn more accessible through a medium like AI, is disgusting and demonstrates the depravity of mankind and a need for a Savior. I will be praying that God touches the heart of men and strengthens them against this attack, which is not only physical but spiritual in nature.
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." - Ephesians 6:12 ESV
@nicknisi Not convincing in my opinion. It looks like its trying to catch up with Claude in my opinion. Claude in my opinion and from my experience is much more mature when it comes to code generation and agentic coding workflows.
@aarondfrancis God is good! It’s always that one post, that one call, that one message, that could change or save someone’s life. God Bless you brother.