The latest articles on Forem by Greg Gentschev (@gentschev). https://forem.com/gentschev https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F133593%2F4468d470-7497-4368-bc43-3ff571426a7b.jpeg https://forem.com/gentschev en Greg Gentschev Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:42:44 +0000 https://forem.com/gentschev/my-vibecoded-architecture-3il4 https://forem.com/gentschev/my-vibecoded-architecture-3il4 <p>I thought I'd share an architecture diagram for my side project, <a href="https://homeschooltools.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Homeschool Tools</a>. We all know how much faster it is to build products with AI now, but I think the other thing that pops out in this diagram is how much better the various services have gotten. Setting up hosting, email, and a variety of other services is so much easier than it's ever been. I feel very lucky to be building now, even if things are going to get much more competitive.</p> <p>Let me know if you have feedback!</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fu8226m9hv19wg1od2asp.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fu8226m9hv19wg1od2asp.png" alt=" " width="800" height="436"></a></p> sideprojects architecture Greg Gentschev Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:15:08 +0000 https://forem.com/gentschev/homeschool-curriculum-site-53i7 https://forem.com/gentschev/homeschool-curriculum-site-53i7 <p>Hi everyone, I wanted to share my side project at the moment, <a href="https://homeschooltools.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Homeschool Tools</a>, a homeschool curriculum and recommendations site. </p> <p>The site uses AI to provide recommendations and to create metareviews of curriculum options (think Metacritic for education). So far, I've been impressed with how good the results are. I'm hoping it will actually be helpful to homeschoolers looking to make better, easier decisions.</p> <p>I've been using Gemini for web search and recommendations generation and Claude for the writing and for developing the site. It's been especially interesting to develop more informed opinions on which LLMs are better suited for which tasks as I work on this project. </p> <p>Does anyone else have education-related projects or ideas to share, or opinions about which LLMs are best for which use cases?</p> sideprojects