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The Chat That Became a Parts List
Two hours with an LLM turned the stuff already in my shed into an off-grid drip irrigation system.
Two hours with an LLM turned the stuff already in my shed into an off-grid drip irrigation system.

Disposable Whetstones
Why building things you know will be obsolete is the point, not the problem

The Refinement
Nineteen days, eleven thousand logo variants, and a Pantone number that would have ended it in four seconds
A short story about Jake, his AI agent, and the boutique coffee logo that almost ate his credit card. A cautionary tale about underspecified prompts, unwatched dashboards, and the most expensive word in any brief.

Reason: Building an AI Solar Monitor and the Robot Who Would Not Look Out the Window
Asimov QT-1 ran the solar station perfectly even if he never understood why
An essay exploring the parallels between Asimov Reason and building Pulse, an AI-powered solar energy monitor.

Claude Code Now Has a Telegram Channel — and It Runs on Your Hardware
Bare Metal Digest — Feature Deep Dive
Bare Metal Digest — Feature Deep Dive

The Design Gap Between Claude Web and Claude Code Is Real — But Fixable
Same model, same prompt, three environments. The difference is a single plugin.
Same model, same prompt, three environments. The difference is a single plugin.
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