Creating a Default Java + JUnit Project Template in IntelliJOne of the small but persistent sources of friction when practising coding katas (or doing interview prep) is project setup. You open IntelliJ, create a new project… and immediately have to: create packages create src/test/java add JUnit write a ...Feb 11, 2026·3 min read
Picking a TTS Engine: Why Coqui TTS Fit My WorkflowI’ve been experimenting with text-to-speech recently as part of a side project. The goal wasn’t anything exotic: take a written script and reliably turn it into spoken audio. The constraints, however, were very developer-shaped. I wanted something I ...Feb 7, 2026·4 min read