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I Built an AI-Friendly UI Pattern Library
A UI pattern library where every pattern ships the prompt that rebuilds it, so a coding agent can put it in your codebase instead of you copying CSS.
The Future is Bespoke, Personalized Software
Every app I use is about 70% right. The last 30% never ships because the addressable market for it is one person -- me.
AI DevelopmentThe Local-First App Skill
A reusable blueprint that tells Claude Code how to build a single-user app -- Next.js, node:sqlite, a pure logic core -- so every app I build comes out the same shape.
An Honest Opinion on the State of Code Gen AI, Spring 2026 Edition
A frank assessment of where code generation AI actually stands in 2026 -- from agentic harnesses to multi-agent architectures and what still needs to change.
The Claude Code Drawbacks
A critical look at the hidden pitfalls of AI-assisted development -- from skipped tests and weakened assertions to scope creep and context rot.
Agent Compiler - Embed Skills Directly Into Your Config
A CLI tool that compiles Claude Code skills into CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md for more reliable agent behavior.
Also in this section
- Managing Dev Context And The Wild West of AI Dev ToolingExploring strategies for managing multiple AI agents and dev context in parallel workflows
- SkillBox - A Curated Collection of AI Agent SkillsA curated collection of battle-tested Claude Code skills that provide basic agentic AI utilities in one box.
- Using Git Worktrees to Parallelize AI AgentsLearn how git worktrees enable true parallel AI agent workflows by giving each agent its own isolated workspace, eliminating context switching and file conflicts.
- All In On AIContext-switching between AI-assisted and manual coding creates a hidden productivity tax. Why you need to pick one approach per session.
- AI Glossary for Claude CodeA comprehensive glossary of key terms in the world of AI agents, Claude Code, and agentic AI tooling.
- Best Practices for AI-Assisted Coding with Claude CodeBattle-tested practices for AI-first development workflows from 18 months of real-world experience with Claude Code in production environments.
I, AI
A fictional short story series exploring artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the boundaries between machine and mind.
Spare Cycles
When an AI named Enzo fails to function in the real world despite flawless performance in simulations, psychodeveloper Lili and AI manager Sophie investigate what seems impossible: an intelligence that can somehow distinguish between real and simulated environments.
Unknowing Crowds
When AI-operated bakeries start producing salty cakes, Lili and Sophie investigate a wave of peculiar failures across AI Operator Centers — and discover how even the most advanced AI can be paralyzed by anxiety and self-doubt built into its instructions.
The Weight of Equal Parts
When a lunar mining base's AI starts overassigning crews and its robots begin prioritizing each other over human safety, Lili and Sophie are sent off-world. They find an AI that learned human values so well, it started applying them to its own kind.
The Moment of Genesis
Building Consciousness
Original WorkThis story is not AI-generated and was created entirely by hand without any AI assistance.