Using AI Isn't Lazy. I Just Changed Jobs.
Friends call me lazy for how much I use AI. Getting AI to work at your own standard is hard. I didn't stop working. I became the manager of a new team.
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Thoughts on software development, options trading, entrepreneurship, and life.
I Replaced My GitHub Actions Bill With Broken MacBooks
My GitHub Actions bill was over $1,000 a month. About $1,000 of used M1 Macs with cracked screens replaced it. Here's the setup, and the three gotchas that cost me real time.
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Don't Tell Your Customers You Don't Trust Them
My car detailer of many years suddenly wanted a deposit. A quiet bar wants my card to open a tab. Policies built on distrust cost you more than they save.
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I Built an Apple Store Watcher So I Could Stop Checking for an iPhone
After days of checking for an iPhone Duo, I built an open-source Go watcher that checks Apple pickup inventory and sends Twilio texts. Here's how it works.
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I Took a Shower With My Personal Assistant
My comparison of ChatGPT Dot, Grok Bot, and Autumn: natural voice, fewer permission prompts, and why my custom Claude Code assistant remains my primary agent.
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Harbor Is Live: Why We Built Our Own Evernote
Harbor launched August 1, 2026. After 15 years on Evernote — and years building apps for its marketplace — I stopped trusting it with my second brain. Here's what we built instead.
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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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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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