Using AI to write better code more slowly đź”—
A lot of people seem convinced that the point of AI coding is to write low-quality code as fast as possible. Spew out barely-passable slop, open massi [...]
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The diminished art of coding đź”—
Programming is an art. It’s less like fine art or music and closer to architecture or carpentry – combining form and function – but it is an art. If y [...]
You had a story đź”—
You had a story you used to tell yourself about how you got here in life. You’d share the story with others. Maybe you’d be at a party, and someone wo [...]
Days of miracle and wonder đź”—
Oprah Winfrey and I have something in common, which is that our favorite album is Paul Simon’s Graceland. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the [...]
We mourn our craft đź”—
I didn’t ask for this and neither did you. I didn’t ask for a robot to consume every blog post and piece of code I ever wrote and parrot it back so th [...]
15 years of blogging đź”—
My first blog post was published just under 15 years ago in March of 2011. Since then, I’ve published 151 posts, including this one. (If I was a numer [...]
Building a browser API in one shot đź”—
TL;DR: With one prompt, I built an implementation of IndexedDB using Claude Code and a Ralph loop, passing 95% of a targeted subset of the Web Platfor [...]
AI tribalism đź”—
“Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point” – ClickHole “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” – John [...]
2025 book review đź”—
My reading appetite has been weak again this year, which I blame on two things: 1) Slay the Spire being way too good of a video game, and 2) starting [...]
An experiment in vibe coding đź”—
For the holidays, I gave myself a little experiment: build a small web app for my wife to manage her travel itineraries. I challenged myself to avoid [...]