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I write about AI tooling, backend architecture, software engineering, and developer tools.
Taste is the new seniority test
Claude Code and Codex, especially with the new Claude Fable model, changed what "entry level" means. You describe a product, go back-and-forth for a few minutes and you have a product!
A single prompt brought my favorite terminal back from the dead
Every time I try another terminal, I end up back in Hyper. Most terminals feel like a black box where developers type commands. Hyper has themes, tabs, and plugins.
Your agent is the operating system now
I feel like every dev I know and their grandmas have written their own AI assistant, so I decided to write my own: Clawdia. I'm not alone.
My wife is a vibe-coder, now what?
My wife has never written a line of code. She doesn't know what a function is. She thinks "React" is something you do after someone scares you. Last week she built her first app.
The Great AI Migration — 700K Cancellations and What Comes Next
I use Claude every day. It's woven into how I write, how I build, and how I think through problems — to the point where my wife calls it "the other relationship".
Farewell to the Green Box: A Full Circle Microsoft Trajectory
I saw the news this morning about Xbox being "sunsetted" under the new CEO, and it hit a lot harder than a standard tech layoff headline.
Cursor and the Netflix effect: why every AI company will come crawling back
Remember when Netflix was it? One subscription, one app, everything in one place. Then HBO pulled their content. Disney yanked their catalog. Paramount launched Paramount+. Peacock... happened.
How to Build a Personal AI Companion That Actually Remembers You
Every AI conversation starts from zero. You explain who you are, what you need, what you already tried. Then the session ends and it all evaporates. You do it again tomorrow.
The AI Coding Productivity Paradox: Why Your Copilot Might Be Your Copiloff
You're paying $20/month for Cursor Pro. You've got Claude in one tab, Copilot autocompleting in another, and your IDE is basically an AI orchestra conductor at this point. You feel faster.