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300 words about nothing

My fantasy football league has five years of receipts. I just found out how to use them against my friends.

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You Can’t Blame AI

Four ways to use AI at work, why strong reviewers matter, and what it means to take ownership of the result.

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Using Jev to make AI slop a little less sloppy

I tried using Jev to check whether an old proof of concept followed its own rules. Here’s one bug it caught, how we found it, and the skills you can try yourself.

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I know who I’d hire next

AI makes it more practical for the person who understands the work to also own the application. That changes who I’d hire—and when I’d add a second developer.

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It works when I’m not working

A Bake Off website became a test of something I want more of from AI: a project that keeps moving after I’ve stopped thinking about it.

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Comparison

Claude vs. Codex for Mendix

Both have frontier intelligence. Here’s why Codex with GPT-6 Astra is my easy choice for Mendix right now.

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Mendix Is the Platonic Ideal of Vibe Coding

AI can build software from English. Mendix gives us a visual model for understanding and checking what it built.

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Essay + tracker12 min read

You Really Think the Biggest Technological Breakthrough in Human History Won't Create a Bubble?

The technology is real. The future is bright. And there just ain't no way the stock market handles it rationally.

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A Love Letter to Dumplings

How a picky kid who only ate dumpling wrappers grew up to make hundreds of dumplings every weekend at a San Antonio farmers market.

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