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How to Convert Text to Audio for Free Using Python and Kokoro TTS

Learn how to build a free, local text-to-speech converter in Python using Kokoro TTS. Convert any document, script, or article to a natural-sounding MP3 — perfect for listening while driving, exercising, or doing chores. Listen to Anything, Anywhere Have a long article you never have time to read? A research document, blog post, meeting notes,

Building Aiella: From Idea to Working EU AI Act Scanner in 3 Weeks

Three weeks ago I started building Aiella, an EU AI Act compliance monitoring platform. This week I hit Milestone 1: a fully working scanner that takes a description of an AI system, classifies its EU AI Act risk tier using Claude Sonnet 4.6 via AWS Bedrock, and emails a complete compliance report within seconds. Here’s

The EU AI Act Is About to Start Biting — Is Your AI System Ready?

For the past two years, the EU AI Act has been something most technology companies could reasonably file under “watch and wait.” The regulation was passed, the deadlines were set, and the compliance industry produced an avalanche of white papers, webinars, and checklists. But for the engineering teams actually building and running AI systems, it

Simple Python Banking Scripts

It's tax season! Don't let some shady AI have access to your bank accounts. Use these scripts to parse bank statements locally.