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Long-form writing on infrastructure, AI, and building things that last.

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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