Should CEOs Fire Their Software Developers?
CEOs are getting AI-pilled and asking why they still pay developers. After advising dozens of leaders, here's my honest framework for who should hire and who should YOLO.
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Thoughts on software development, options trading, entrepreneurship, and life.
Introducing SpiceEdit: The Mouse-First Terminal Editor for the AI Era
I vibe coded SpiceEdit, a mouse-first terminal code editor for AI-era devs who live in tmux and SSH. One Go binary, no vimrc, MIT licensed, free forever.
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I'm Looking for a New CPA
For 15 years I had a digital-first CPA I trusted. Since she retired I can't find a responsive, organized replacement. Here's exactly what I'm looking for.
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I Built a Tradier CLI Because AI Agents Deserve Better Tools
I built a full Tradier brokerage CLI in Go so AI agents like Claude Code can trade without flooding the context window. Here is why CLIs beat MCP servers.
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I Vibe Coded a Screenshot Tool Because Claude Code Needed One
Sharing screenshots with Claude Code over SSH was broken, so I vibe coded a macOS menu bar app that uploads to S3 and drops a direct image URL on my clipboard.
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Full Circle: Back to the Terminal
After 30 years in GUIs, I'm back in the terminal full-time with Claude Code, Neovim, and tmux. Here's my development workflow and why it feels like home.
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Why I Built a CLI for Massive Financial Data
MCP servers flood your AI agent's context window. So I built Massive CLI, a command-line tool for the Massive financial data API that outputs clean tables or JSON.
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Just Do Stuff
For 20 years I've "just done stuff" — publishing without calculating ROI. That handful of posts quietly generated hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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I Built a Personal AI Assistant That Lives in Slack
I built Autumn, a personal AI assistant that lives in Slack and runs on Claude Code. Here's how a Go bot, a CLAUDE.md playbook, and cron jobs make it work.
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Why 100 Customers at $200 Beats 1,000 at $20
I've started multiple SaaS products, and getting 1,000 customers crushes most founders. Here's why 100 customers at $200/month is the smarter path to $100k profit.
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