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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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.
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.
Building a computer vision experiment that detects jumps in equestrian footage—and learning why body shape detection is harder than vertical movement
How a frustrating loop of muddled HealthKit code led to a local AI knowledge system, study material generator, and text-to-speech learning tool
Building the joke app from Silicon Valley as a real iOS app using Core ML image classification—because AI made the impossible feasible
How a frustrating evening juggling multiple apps led to building a bespoke train tracking solution with Claude Code during a delayed journey home.
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.
When people's paychecks depend on your AI-generated code, Playwright tests become essential. Here's how E2E testing saved EVM in production.
How an expired SSL certificate led to building a full equestrian management system that became a production HR platform people's paychecks depend on.
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?
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.