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 <!-- BEGIN ARISE ------------------------------
-Title:: "My Cool Page"
+Title:: "How to Code"
 
-Author:: "Johnny Silverhand"
-Description:: "Write a thrilling description here"
+Author:: "Chaim Burstein"
+Description:: "My Coding Journey"
 Language:: "en"
 Thumbnail:: "thumbnail.png"
-Published Date:: "2077-05-12"
-Modified Date:: "2077-05-12"
+Published Date:: "2025-07-25"
+Modified Date:: "2025-07-25"
 
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-# Test
+# How to Code
 
-Let's see if this works. testing to see if a commit rebuilds site. Doesn't seem to work yet. 
+## Learning in Public
 
-Maybe now? 6:08 7/25
+I built this site to learn how the internet works. I still don't understand it but it's been educational.
 
-Something changed! 6:11 7/25
+## TLDR
+
+### The Code I Stole
+
+*   Blog Posts - I use [This Github link](https://github.com/setetres/evenbettermotherfuckingwebsite) as a template.
+*   Wikis - All my wiki's are built with [TiddlyWiki](https://chaimburstein.xyz/posts/www.tiddlywiki.com)
+*   PhotoBlog - My photo blog was built with [1600pr.sh](https://github.com/andersju/1600pr.sh)
+*   Like, Comment & Subscribe - I post my email on my website & have an RSS feed!
+*   Link In Bio - I use [littlelink.io/](https://littlelink.io/) to build my own link in bio pages.
+
+### Hardware, Pipes & Tools...
+
+*   **Hardware & Tools** - All of this sits on a little RaspberryPi that's tucked behind my TV in my living room where I do most of my coding on my iPad using the app [Code](https://thebaselab.com/code/). I send that to my little RaspberryPi using an app called [Secure ShellFish](https://secureshellfish.app/).
+*   **Pipes** - So the internet is basically a bunch of pipes? I use Cloudflare to make tunnels to my apache server which sits on my RaspberryPi.
+
+## PROBLEM SOLVING
+
+When I first started learning about the internet and tech, it was suggested that I pick a problem to solve and then build a solution. Here are a few problems I've solved...
+
+### Wiki's
+
+While writing the elementary music curriculum for the Manchester School District, I wanted to create a wiki to keep track of the project. I found [TiddlyWiki](https://chaimburstein.xyz/posts/www.tiddlywiki.com). It's a fantastic little program that you can edit in any browser and worked so well that I modified it for other purposes. For basic uses such as a blog, recipie book or simple wiki, there is little to zero knowledge of coding needed! You can check out my other uses of TiddlyWiki below.
+
+[Food](https://chaimburstein.xyz/food.html) is a Wiki for our favorite recipies. Feel free to download it and modify it for own purposes!
+
+[FastCars](https://chaimburstein.xyz/FastCars.html) is a Wiki for my MuttStang Project. It's password protected, mostly because I wanted to learn how that kind of thing worked but also because I have some kill switches installed in the car that I'd rather not have the world know about, but it's been a great way to keep track of the changes & modifications I've made to the car and helps mechanics who are inspecting it figure out what the heck I did to it.
+
+### $ Show Me The Money $
+
+I needed a website to send people to so they could pay me. I have several jobs where people tip or pay me via CashApp, Venmo or PayPal so I used [littlelink.io/](https://littlelink.io/) to build my own "link in bio" page that includes links to a variety of payment methods as well as links to my social media profiles. You can check it out at [www.chaimburstein.com](https://chaimburstein.xyz/posts/www.chaimburstein.com). I liked LittleLink so much that I modified it to create a landing page for my personal websites. You can check it out at [www.chaimburstein.xyz](https://chaimburstein.xyz/posts/www.chaimburstein.xyz)
+
+### Hardware Recycling
+
+The TiddlyWiki's are super useful as personal wiki's without exposing yourself to the internet but once I created [www.chaimburstein.com](https://chaimburstein.xyz/posts/www.chaimburstein.com), I needed a way for others to access my site. There are many ways to do this, but I chose to host the sites from my house using a RaspberryPi and a CloudFlare Tunnel. You can use any computer but the pi is nice & small and comes with lots of support right out of the box so it's an easy thing to start with.
+
+In the process of learning how to use the RaspberryPi, I learned a little bit about Linux. One cool thing about linux is that it'll run on just about anything. Instead of chucking old laptops, I can now refresh/repurpose them by installing the Linux Distro of my choosing. This keeps a computer out of the landfill and has taught me how to troubleshoot basic computer issues better than I wouldv'e a few years ago.
+
+### PhotoBlog
+
+I'd like to help build a better internet. I'm not really sure how to do it, but I'm pretty sure that Meta isn't gonna be a part of the solution. One of the perks of my job as a musician is that I get to travel. One tradition I have is that I **_try_** to grab a **_local, homemade, vegan_** ice cream before work. Friends at work told me I should start an InstaGram of my ice cream adventures but I don't love the idea of Meta owning my data so I searched for a better way and found [1600pr.sh](https://github.com/andersju/1600pr.sh). You can check mine out here: [FotoBlob](https://chaimburstein.xyz/photoblog/photo/)
+
+***