Jerry Jones

One of the biggest problems I encountered while building my AI-powered meal planning and grocery shopping assistant was getting it to reliably follow all the procedures.

Over the past month, I’ve been building a WordPress site as a data-brain layer connected to Claude in a NanoClaw container.

I’ve been a jack of all trades web developer for nearly 15 years and moved to working full-time in hiring in September 2020.

Since joining the hiring team at Automattic in the fall of 2019, I’ve noticed different patterns and preferences on text-based interviews.

I just finished reading Code Simplicity, and, as someone who has a tendency for perfectionism, one thing that stood out to me was the idea of not worrying about building something perfect.

Gaining expertise is difficult enough, but how can you tell if yourself (or someone else) has reached expert status?

As a joke (with some seriousness), I bought a glass-like impossible puzzle.

For months, our bedroom light would not turn on.

Since joining the hiring team at Automattic, I’ve been using the recruiting/hiring software Greenhouse to score Code Tests and evaluate trial candidates.

I knew I needed to build some kind of survey to see if dropping the time limit from the code test would have any measurable impact on time spent or pressure.