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- 01AI Experiments · May 20268 min
i am the one that loops
- 02AI Experiments · May 20267 min
AI Finally Gave Me a Path. Now I Have More Work to Do.
I was standing in the dirt staring at a blue line on my phone, trying to figure out how I had just ruined math.
- 03Software Teams · May 20262 min
What I look for in junior engineers now
In my “ the kids are alright ” post, I argued that junior engineers won’t learn the same way we did.
- 04Software Teams · Apr 20262 min
The kids are alright
I’m not that worried that junior programmers won’t learn the same way we did.
- 05Drupal · Apr 20269 min
From Lovable to Drupal: how we made the DriesNote demo real
After the DriesNote, one of the most common questions we got was some version of this: " how did you actually do the Lovable-to-Drupal migration, and how could we do it ourselves ?"
- 06Software Teams · Mar 20266 min
Let’s Go Chasing Waterfalls
TL;DR: AI flips the economics of software delivery. Code is getting cheap. Ambiguity is still expensive.
- 07Agentic AI · Feb 20263 min
Agent Experience is more important than User Experience
Okay, put down your pitchforks. The title is a bit of a joke.
- 08Agentic AI · Feb 20266 min
Vibes on Rails
TL;DR: Let agents act autonomously and "do the work", but rely on the platform to strictly enforce the success or failure of those actions based on deterministic rules.
- 09AI Ethics · Jan 20263 min
The Black Box Inversion: How AI Gets Neurodiversity Exactly Backwards
AI bias is always a concern but this is one of the more concerning ones I've run into recently.
- 10AI Governance · Jul 20252 min
5 Things You Can Do Today to Ground AI (and Why It Matters)
Grounding a large language model, i.e. linking it to your own documents, is the fastest way to cut hallucinations, deliver accurate answers, and build trust.
- 11AI Projects · Jun 20252 min
Boise Trails Challenge AI Route Planner
The Boise Trails Challenge starts today. It's a month-long challenge to complete ~170 miles of Boise’s trails in a month.
- 12AI Development · May 20253 min
Using OpenAI Codex to Identify Open Source Candidates in My Drupal Project
This post explores how I used OpenAI Codex to identify and prepare one of my custom Drupal modules (GeoWall) for open source release.
- 13AI Development · Apr 202512 min
Follow-up: So, What Was OpenAI Codex Doing in That Meltdown?
Context Windows, Reasoning Tokens, and --full-auto Explained. A technical breakdown of what happens when an AI coding assistant reaches its limits.
- 14AI Communication · Apr 20258 min
Every Interaction Is a Turing Test: How to Make Sure You Still Sound Human in the Age of AI
Learn how to maintain your authentic human voice while leveraging AI writing tools, and why our brains are so good at detecting AI-generated content.
- 15Practical Guide · Apr 20259 min
Applied AI: A Practical Guide
Learn how to leverage AI effectively in your daily work without technical expertise. This practical guide shows how your existing professional knowledge is the key to successful AI implementation.
- 16AI Trends · Mar 20255 min
Brace for the Operators
The way people interact with the web is changing. Learn how AI agents are transforming web traffic, analytics, and e-commerce.
- 17Software Teams · Feb 20256 min
Is AI Replacing Development Teams?
The real question isn't 'Will AI replace developers?' but rather, 'What can we start to do differently?'