In a recent conversation on these System One models I learned that my mental model for how to place them in my toolbox was way off. Even though that model correctly let me interpret them as a way to …

The internet is littered with examples of Agents getting things wrong. I've had some of those same experiences, mostly variants of ignoring instructions. Occasionally I get a fun one like this. …

It's been a fast few. Lots of things have filled the past months, from trips to toiling in the yard. Here we are at the end of another summer. Thankfully I've learned a few things, relearned really - …

Six months ago I would have told you there's a lot of value in crafting a custom harness to drive a reliable development flow. Claude Code was good, but it lacked guardrail loops. If you wanted …

With the right language, everything is a toy. […] Two conversations I've had in the past week dovetailed perfectly. One focused on the perils of one-shot development, the other on the challenge …

Keeping current is hard. It's even harder remembering what you were current on last month. A recent post that flitted by reminded me about Obsidian Vaults, Claude, and the fervor of second brains - …

Oh what I would do, if only I knew... […] Logging has been a continuously evolving practice for me. When I started writing code, I leaned heavily into debug/log/assert hack based strategies. I …

I recently came across this rethinking of the Amazon way and this interview where we hear that Spotify is pushing ~4500 production releases a day. Both are worth a dive, but they dance around the …

I’ve never met anyone who loves pulling weeds. I’ve met plenty of people who love to garden. Some people enjoy the design, the selection of what to grow. Others enjoy watching the transformation as …

Visual InterDev 6.0's HTML editor. Screenshot via irt.org, used for historical commentary; Visual InterDev is a trademark of Microsoft. […] Further mutterings on finding joy in development. …