Life in Production

I Promoted My AI

From ordering Claude around like a code monkey to running real refinement sessions with it. The three things I changed.

Quick Read · AI · Developer Experience · Claude Code · Productivity
July 15, 2026 · 5 min read
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It Compiled. It Was Still Wrong.

AI can write the code, the tests, and the commit message. It can't tell you your font is exhausting the reader you forgot to picture. Knowing who the work is good for was always the job, and it still is.

Quick Read · AI · Developer Experience · Engineering Culture · Mental Models
July 1, 2026 · 5 min read
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Finding the Spark: From Breaking PCs to Building Developer Experience

How I went from breaking PCs as a kid to engineering Developer Experience, and the father who lit the spark but never got to see where it led.

Deep Dive · Career · Developer Experience · Origin Story · Engineering Culture
June 21, 2026 · 12 min read
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Four Years and One Afternoon

My personal site sat almost frozen for four years. Changing a profile picture took three commits and two merges. Then I opened one conversation with Claude, and in an afternoon it became a different site.

Deep Dive · AI · Developer Experience · Claude · Web
June 18, 2026 · 9 min read
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