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Notes from the workbench.
Notes on AI, software engineering, and shipping useful things — field notes, not press releases.
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Retro PCs, Modern Stack
The dream of a computer with an old-school soul and modern guts — why the Apple IIe and Commodore 64 still pull at me, and what it would take to actually build one today.
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Coding Assistants Compared
A practical, hands-on comparison of today's AI coding assistants — Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and the open-source crowd — and how to match the tool to the job instead of chasing the hype.
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Getting Started with AI Code Generation
A practical guide to integrating AI-powered code generation into your development workflow without losing your mind — or your job.
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