The Trillion-Dollar While Loop
The entire AI agent industry is built on thirty lines of Python. Let me ruin the word 'agent' for you.
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The Dev Is Dead, Long Live the Dev
I build agentic AI platforms for a living and tinker with them for fun. The green grass is real — but getting there required breaking a lot of things first. Here is what went wrong, what we are losing, and why I think you can put the doom articles down.
Why AI Hates Your Abstractions
I refactored my personal AI to be "more maintainable" for humans, only to find out I might have broken its brain. Is what we call good code actually just noise to an LLM?
Reinventing the Link: From SEO Bait to Semantic Trust
I accidentally reinvented PageRank, realized why it’s broken today, and decided to try building a personal web of trust instead.
The Grown-Up's Guide to Personal AI Agents
Handing the keys to your digital life to an AI is like juggling chainsaws. I built a persistent assistant that knows me, but without the ability to blow my savings at a robot casino.
I gave an AI Root access to my Kubernetes Cluster
I gave an AI root access to my Kubernetes cluster. It fixed a BIOS issue I didn’t know I had. I am still terrified.
The Clubhouse Protocol: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Governance
What if community rules were enforced by code instead of moderators? A thought experiment on building a "Constitution-as-Code" for messaging.
Hyperconnect: A Theory of Seamless Device Mesh
I have "ecosystem envy" for Apple’s Continuity features. Here is my plan to build a vendor-neutral mesh that makes devices talk across any protocol.
A Small LLM Trick: Giving AI Assistants Long-Term Memory
I often forget how my own projects work. Here is a simple trick to give AI assistants "long-term memory" so they can help me remember.
A Simple Service Pattern for Node.js
You don’t need a heavy framework for dependency injection. Here is a 60-line pattern that gives you testability without the "semi-truck" complexity.
Your npm dependencies are plotting against you
Our industry runs on packages published by strangers at 2 a.m. Here is why that is terrifying, and how to protect yourself.
A meta talk about Git strategies
What if Git wasn’t just for code, but the source of truth for your entire infrastructure? A look at treating Git as your "expected state".
My day is being planned by an algorithm
I’m bad at planning my day, so I built a silicon assistant named Bob to do it for me. He even accounts for travel time.
A defense for the coding challenge
Code challenges get a lot of hate, but they might actually be the fairest way to hire introverts and people who aren’t great at "selling" themselves.
How to hire engineers, by an engineer
A hard truth for hiring managers: your company isn’t unique. Here is how to hire for passion instead of just checking off a list of skills.
My Home Runs Redux
Why I use a React state management framework to run my lights, and why your smart home probably isn’t actually "smart".