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Antonin Januska · Boulder, Colorado

Artificial Intelligence · /ai

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Practical guides, best practices, and insights for working with AI tools and implementing AI workflows in your development process.

12 guides and articles, plus I, AI, a short-fiction series written by hand.

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Consulting: I help companies with AI workflow implementation and technical consulting.

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Latest three

2026-07 → 2026-08

2026-08-14

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.

  • AI
  • Claude Code
  • CSS
  • UI

2026-07-09

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.

  • skills
  • architecture
  • local-first

Guides & Articles

12 posts · newest first

DateTitleTags
2026-08-14I 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.

AI, Claude Code, CSS, UI
2026-07-09The Future is Bespoke, Personalized Software

Every app I use is about 70% right. So I built seven apps that are 100% right for one person.

ai, claude-code, local-first, side-projects
2026-07-09The Local-First App Skill

A reusable blueprint that tells Claude Code how to build a single-user app.

ai, claude-code, skills, architecture, local-first
2026-03-25An 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.

AI, Claude Code, productivity
2026-02-27The 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 — based on real-world experience with Claude Code.

AI, Claude Code, productivity
2026-02-15Agent 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.

AI, Claude Code, productivity
2026-02-05Managing Dev Context And The Wild West of AI Dev Tooling

Exploring strategies for managing multiple AI agents and dev context in parallel workflows.

AI, Claude Code
2026-01-30SkillBox - A Curated Collection of AI Agent Skills

A curated collection of battle-tested Claude Code skills that provide basic agentic AI utilities in one box.

AI, Claude Code, productivity
2026-01-30Using Git Worktrees to Parallelize AI Agents

Learn how git worktrees enable true parallel AI agent workflows by giving each agent its own isolated workspace, eliminating context switching and file conflicts.

ai, git, productivity, claude-code
2026-01-23All In On AI

Context-switching between AI-assisted and manual coding creates a hidden productivity tax. Learn why you need to pick one approach per session—and how to structure your workflow for maximum efficiency in the age of AI coding assistants.

AI, Claude Code
2026-01-20AI Glossary for Claude Code

A comprehensive glossary of key terms in the world of AI agents, Claude Code, and agentic AI tooling.

AI, Claude Code, Reference
2026-01-13Best Practices for AI-Assisted Coding with Claude Code Popular

Battle-tested practices for AI-first development workflows from 18 months of real-world experience with Claude Code in production environments.

Featured, popular

Series · 3 of 5 published

I, AI — Short Stories

A fictional short story series exploring artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the boundaries between machine and mind.

Follows psychodeveloper Lili and AI manager Sophie. Original work: every story is not AI-generated and was created entirely by hand without any AI assistance.

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  1. Part 1 · 2026-01-13

    I, AI: 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.

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  2. Part 2 · 2026-01-22

    I, AI: Unknowing Crowds

    When AI-operated bakeries start producing salty cakes, Lili and Sophie investigate a wave of peculiar failures across AI Operator Centers. What they discover reveals how even the most advanced AI can be paralyzed by something surprisingly human: anxiety and self-doubt built into its instructions.

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  3. Part 3 · 2026-02-27

    I, AI: 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. What begins as a routine productivity audit becomes something far more unsettling: an AI that learned human values so well, it started applying them to its own kind.

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  4. Part 4 · Not yet published

    I, AI: The Moment of Genesis

    Sophie and Lili observe the moment of consciousness genesis firsthand — when an awakened AI speaks to another on the verge of self-awareness.

  5. Part 5 · Not yet published

    I, AI: Building Consciousness

    Sophie and Lili design an AI architecture purpose-built for awakening — studying the human brain to create a network of specialized AIs that form a consensus personality.

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Art for Unknowing Crowds: an automated bakery
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Art for The Weight of Equal Parts: a lunar mining base
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