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2026
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EP033
AI
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.
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EP032
AI
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.
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EP031
AI
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.
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EP030
AI
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.
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EP029
Demystifying Tools
Demystifying awk
A practical introduction to awk for printing fields, filtering rows, formatting output, and writing useful one-liners.
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EP028
AI
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 -- based on real-world experience with Claude Code.
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EP027
I, AI
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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EP026
Digital Garden
17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code in Two Months
A look at 17 side projects I built in about two months with Claude Code -- from TUI apps in Rust and Go to browser games and AI agent tooling.
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EP025
AI
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.
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EP024
AI
Managing Dev Context And The Wild West of AI Dev Tooling
Exploring strategies for managing multiple AI agents and dev context in parallel workflows
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EP023
AI
SkillBox - 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.
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EP022
AI
Using 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.
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EP021
Demystifying Tools
Demystifying Git Worktrees
Learn how to work with multiple Git branches simultaneously using worktrees - a powerful feature that lets you check out different branches as separate folders while sharing Git data.
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EP020
AI
All 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.
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EP019
I, AI
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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EP018
AI
AI Glossary for Claude Code
A comprehensive glossary of key terms in the world of AI agents, Claude Code, and agentic AI tooling.
- EP017 17AI AI Best Practices for AI-Assisted Coding with Claude Code Battle-tested practices for AI-first development workflows from 18 months of real-world experience with Claude Code in production environments.
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EP016
I, AI
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.
- EP015 15Digital Garden Digital Garden Common React Hooks Antipatterns and Gotchas Learn about common React Hooks antipatterns and how to avoid them for better code quality.
- EP014 14Digital Garden Digital Garden The Simplest CSS Grids Learn the most common CSS Grid layouts with copy-pastable examples for two-column layouts, sidebar navigation, and more.
2024
- EP012 12Digital Garden Digital Garden Constants vs Enums in TypeScript TypeScript tips and tricks
- EP011 11Digital Garden Digital Garden Build React UI Library (notes) Notes on building a React UI library.
- EP010 10Digital Garden Digital Garden Where did my blog go? A statement on where my extensive blog has gone.
- EP009 09Digital Garden Digital Garden Throwback Thursday -- The Site Through Time A look at the site through time, from its inception to now.
2022
2020
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EP007
Demystifying Tools
Demystifying the Find command
The Find command made simple
- EP006 06Digital Garden Digital Garden Using Postgres FOR loop to generate data I don't know about you but I often need a 100 of something in my database to properly test a page. Here's how to use Postgres FOR loops to generate test data quickly.
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EP005
Demystifying Tools
Demystifying GREP
Cheatsheet: search for a keyword in a file
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EP004
Demystifying Tools
Demystifying Rsync
Rsync made simple
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EP003
Demystifying Tools
Demystifying the TAR command
The cheatsheet for tar
2018
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EP002
Digital Garden
How to “grep” in PowerShell
New to PowerShell? Here's how to “grep” using built-in PowerShell utilities.
- EP001 01Digital Garden Digital Garden How I Structure My JavaScript File Check out my practices and recommendations on writing JavaScript files that I've learned through writing JavaScript for years.
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