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Technologist building software tools. Writing on backend and platform engineering.
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The load-bearing smoking gun
You're right to push back here, and I want to acknowledge that directly rather than papering over the underlying issue with a superficially confident answer. Now that I have the full picture, the load-bearing seams are much clearer. They are not merely in
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AI shi(f)ts the cost to the reader
This morning, I used a frontier model to execute this prompt: Using absurd corporate bloat, hot air, and word chaining, write a message I'll send to my fiancée notifying them that I am taking a shit upstairs. A few seconds later, a highly polished, very p
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Workbench: a development harness I built for myself
The way engineers work has changed drastically in a year. In April, GitHub said it had revised its capacity target from 10 times current scale to 30 times. It pointed to a sharp rise in agentic development: more repositories, pull requests, API traffic, a
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Small crumbles and vibe cooking
Last night was Tuesday, which means cooking class. The assignment: biscuits and gravy. I dumped my pound of sausage into the hot skillet. The chef had said to break it into small crumbles, but I wanted a big, satisfying chunk of pork in every bite. I was
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The Myth of Saint Wookington the Brown-Fingered
Ah… so you seek the Myth of Saint Wookington the Brown-Fingered? Gather 'round the crystal-dusted air mattress. It is time. as passed down through generations of dust-covered, barefoot prophets Long ago, before Re:Search opened the first taco stand at a f
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