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15 stories, newest first.
Building AGFS.dev on my wife's MacBook Neo with an AI agent
Why the citrus MacBook Neo is more capable than it looks, and why AI-assisted coding makes it a legit first developer machine.
6 min read
Building AGFS.dev to make remote agent files easy to share
Why I built AGFS.dev for remote agent workflows, why Git is the wrong tool for artifacts, and how I put the web app plus CLI together.
7 min read
The Curious Engineer Wins in the Age of AI
AI changed the tools, not the trait that matters most. Curious engineers still have the edge.
4 min read
When AI in an interview fails you
I used AI heavily in a technical interview, felt great about the build, and still got rejected because the team could not gauge enough of my understanding.
6 min read
Building SoloAgent to understand AI harnesses
I built SoloAgent as an AI harness experiment to understand how model, tool, state, and execution loops work in practice.
6 min read
The 6-hour build and why technical interviewing needs to change
Building TripHaven in about six hours made one thing clear: interviews should test end-to-end product replication and engineering judgment, not isolated feature trivia.
7 min read
My first technical interview in the AI era
I walked out of my first technical interview feeling off, and it forced me to rethink interview formats, AI, and pressure.
5 min read
The Pivot: Reusing a Stable SaaS Codebase for EasyAccessQR.com
How a stable SaaS foundation made it fast to launch EasyAccessQR.com, with analytics, A/B testing, and a full design-flow rewrite.
6 min read
What engineers are feeling right now
My take on why so many engineers feel the pressure, but few of us say it out loud.
4 min read
Launching imposter.fm
Why I created imposter.fm as a podcast host to talk through what engineering feels like in the AI era while navigating layoff uncertainty.
5 min read
Use your git history to write a resume that reflects real work
A practical workflow for using `.git` with Claude or Codex to turn shipped commits into accurate, role-tailored resume bullets.
7 min read
Building a full SaaS in less than a day with Claude and Codex
How I shipped dailystand.dev with organizations, teams, members, analytics, billing, and observability in under 24 hours.
8 min read
Reviving old projects in an AI era
How revisiting old ideas after a layoff reignited my creative drive and compressed weeks of work into hours with Claude and Codex.
7 min read
Productivity is high but motivation is low
The uneven emotional math of shipping faster with AI while feeling less attached to the work.
4 min read
AI has changed the way I code
How my day-to-day shifted from mostly typing to mostly prompting, and what that unlocked.
5 min read