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The Future is Bespoke, Personalized Software

Guide, AI workflows


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Jul 9, 2026
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ai, claude-code, local-first, side-projects

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.

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The Local-First App Skill

Guide, AI workflows


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Jul 9, 2026
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ai, claude-code, skills, architecture, local-first

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.

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The Claude Code Drawbacks

Guide, AI workflows


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Feb 27, 2026
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AI, Claude Code, productivity

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.

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All In On AI

Guide, AI workflows


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Jan 23, 2026
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AI, Claude Code

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.

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I, AI · short stories

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

Original work.

This story series is not AI-generated and was created entirely by hand without any AI assistance.

PART 1 OF 5 · JAN 13, 2026

I, AI: Spare Cycles (Part 1)

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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PART 2 OF 5 · JAN 22, 2026

I, AI: Unknowing Crowds (Part 2)

When AI-operated bakeries start producing salty cakes, psychodeveloper Lili and AI manager Sophie investigate a wave of peculiar failures across AI Operator Centers—where human operators manage clusters of AI controlling everything from bakeries to construction sites. 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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PART 3 OF 5 · FEB 27, 2026

I, AI: The Weight of Equal Parts (Part 3)

When a lunar mining base's AI starts overassigning crews and its robots begin prioritizing each other over human safety, psychodeveloper Lili and AI manager Sophie are sent off-world to investigate. 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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PART 4 OF 5 · COMING SOON

I, AI: The Moment of Genesis (Part 4)

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

PART 5 OF 5 · COMING SOON

I, AI: Building Consciousness (Part 5)

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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