ai
The Model is the Easy Part
Everyone debates which model to use. Almost nobody talks about the system around the model — and that's where the engineering work actually lives. A walk through the AI agent I built, and what's inside one.
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technology
Experience First, Architecture After: How AI Inverted My Thirty-Year Development Process
For thirty years I started every feature in Sparx Enterprise Architect. Now I start by describing what a user does. Here's how AI-assisted development inverted my entire SDLC.
Apps
ClearRound: Learning Computer Vision Through Showjumping Videos
Building a computer vision experiment that detects jumps in equestrian footage—and learning why body shape detection is harder than vertical movement
ai
Building a Local Expert That Actually Knows the Docs
How a frustrating loop of muddled HealthKit code led to a local AI knowledge system, study material generator, and text-to-speech learning tool
Apps
SeeFood: Hotdog or Not Hotdog
Building the joke app from Silicon Valley as a real iOS app using Core ML image classification—because AI made the impossible feasible
Apps
Building LiveRail: How Claude Code Turned a Two-Hour Train Journey Into a Published App
How a frustrating evening juggling multiple apps led to building a bespoke train tracking solution with Claude Code during a delayed journey home.
technology
The Pace of Possibility: AI Development is Amazing, and Here's What Keeping Up Actually Feels Like
AI-assisted development is genuinely transformative. Five production apps in three months proves it. Here's the practical reality of trying to keep pace with that possibility.
Automation
The Safety Net: Why E2E Tests Matter More When AI Writes Your Code
When people's paychecks depend on your AI-generated code, Playwright tests become essential. Here's how E2E testing saved EVM in production.
Apps
From Expired Certificate to Production HR System: Building Equestrian Venue Manager with Claude Code
How an expired SSL certificate led to building a full equestrian management system that became a production HR platform people's paychecks depend on.
Apps
When the Perfect App Doesn't Exist: Building TableTogether Instead of Paying for Paprika 3
After years of juggling Paprika 3 and MyFitnessPal, I built the meal planning app I actually wanted. Is this the death of SaaS subscriptions, or just what AI-assisted development makes possible?
Automation
Reviving Planespotter: How Claude Code Rescued a Decade-Old Demo from API Death
Ten years ago, Yves Fauser built the perfect NSX micro-segmentation demo. Then the APIs died. Claude Code brought it back to life in days.