Antonin Januska in a black cap and glasses in front of a graffiti-covered brick wall — The editor, Boulder, Colorado.

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I build with AI and write about what I learn.

20+ years of software development, writing about AI workflows, technical leadership, and the craft of building things.

By Antonin Januska · Staff Engineer

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Contents September

The ten most recent pieces, filed by department. Features first, the garden after.

Features — AI & Machine Learning

06I Built an AI-Friendly UI Pattern LibraryA UI pattern library where every pattern ships the prompt that rebuilds it.Aug 14, 2026
14The Future is Bespoke, Personalized SoftwareEvery app I use is about 70% right. So I built seven apps that are 100% right for one person.Jul 9, 2026
22The Local-First App SkillA reusable blueprint that tells Claude Code how to build a single-user app.Jul 9, 2026
28An Honest Opinion on the State of Code Gen AI, Spring 2026 EditionFrom agentic harnesses to multi-agent architectures and what still needs to change.Mar 25, 2026
36I, AI: The Weight of Equal Parts (Part 3)Fiction. A lunar mining base's AI begins prioritizing its robots over human safety.Feb 27, 2026 · Short story
44The Claude Code DrawbacksSkipped tests, weakened assertions, scope creep and context rot, from real-world use.Feb 27, 2026

Departments — Digital Garden

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AI Workflows

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. So I built seven apps that are 100% right for one person, and I think that whole category of software is about to get eaten.

Jul 9, 2026 · AI

AI Development

The 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.

Jul 9, 2026 · AI