Projects One of my goals is to launch at least one new project every year. I’m making small bets and staying comfortable with failure. 2026 Yes, It’s a Problem: An OpenAI-powered hobby application that confirms all your fears. 2025 Don’t Stay Stuck: A Debugging Guide for Rising Engineers. Debugging is one of the most difficult programming skills. It’s also a skill you can learn, and that’s the purpose of this guide. ...
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This page summarizes my usage of LLMs (“AI”) on this website. ...
One of my favorite problem-solving questions is: “What’s wrong with this idea?” It drives the conversation away from why the idea might work, and toward why it might fail. That perspective is invaluable when building. ...
This year I built several Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to support ongoing R&D. Here’s my report. ...
In MCP server code using stdio, you can’t use any functions that print to stdout. ...
Want to learn a tricky topic and sharpen your learning skills at the same time? In this post, I’ll use the Feynman Learning Technique— a method of learning complex things by explaining them simply— with a sprinkle of LLM magic, to deepen my understanding of JavaScript promises. ...
Here’s an argument that’s gaining momentum in my field: AI will eliminate or greatly reduce the programming profession. ...