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Thoughts on putting a system around AI Assisted development, shipping fast, keep tech debt under control + updates on our various projects

Field Notes

AUG 11, 2026 · Latest

AI is Mediocre (Metaphors for AI)

As many folks worry about LLMs racing towards AGI and the eventual machine apocalypse, the more I work with LLMs on coding, the more I'm coming to the opposite...

AUG 10, 2026

The Eye of Sauron (Metaphor for AI)

Claude code does amazing things. It also does blindly stupid things. Things that I wouldn't expect a first year CS student to do. Understanding how and why it...

AUG 10, 2026

Metaphors for AI Development

I've always had a soft spot for a good analogy or metaphor. I've found that there's a massive amount of understanding that can be communicated succinctly with...

AUG 4, 2026

AI Shouldn’t be writing for you

It might seem odd, given that the thing LLMs are really good at is language, but the one thing that you really shouldn’t use AI for is writing for you....

AUG 3, 2026

Getting AI to just try the soup

A joke that my mind keeps coming back is told by one of the Eddie Murphys at the end of the classic '90s comedy Coming to America:

JUL 1, 2026

Escaping the Claud-ottery

Many of you remember that feeling of doing the first few rounds of incremental development with Claude code and being surprised and impressed with what it was...