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Everyone says they’re rebuilding their company in an AI-native way.

Loop engineering convinced me.

Every time I switch or try out a new font, I track it in my my-new-programming-font series.

In this post, I’d like to talk about some power user tips for OpenCode - an open source, model agnostic harness that more people should be using.

My 2026 Jan AI tool stack.

Linus Torvalds recently said1 AI will be to code what compilers were to assembly — freeing us from writing it by hand.

Most multi-agent coding setups I see today look like task parallelism.

The role of a software engineer is shifting.

I host and edit a podcast1.

Here’s my list of reasons for using Opencode. 1.

One of the reasons OpenClaw got so popular was how fluidly you can chat with and operate your agents.

Which AI model do I use?

With agentic coding becoming the primary paradigm for coding, many have tried to come up with a smooth subagent workflow.1 Many of these solutions are reasonable, but none match the simplicity of what I actually want: Spin up another agent instance with t…

Ubiquiti announced a new travel router.

Steve Jobs famously called the computer a bicycle for the mind.

It’s no secret that I’ve fully embraced AI for my coding.

We’re still wrestling with how much AI belongs in our day to day coding.

Go with monthly AI subscriptions friends I can’t remember where I read this tip, but given how fast the AI lab models move, it’s smarter to stick with a monthly plan instead of locking into an annual one, even if the annual price looks more attractive.

I often find myself replying to claims that Brave, Edge, or other Chromium browsers effectively achieve the same privacy standards as Firefox + uBlock Origin (uBO).

A common argument I hear against AI tools: “It doesn’t do the job better or faster than me, so why am I using this again?”

There are a few apps on macOS in the text manipulation category that I end up spending a lot of time on.

Cursor is known to be the fastest growing SaaS company in history.

Anthropic announced Claude Skills and my first reaction was: “So what?”

If you’re a software engineer long enough, you will meet some gray beards that throw out-of-left-field phrases to convey software wisdom.

I’ve long maintained that the biggest unlock with AI coding agents is the planning step.

Engineers won’t be replaced by tools that do their tasks better; they’ll be replaced by systems that make those tasks nonessential.

Good sensemaking processes iterate.

Build your own /init command Claude’s /init makes it easy to add clear repo instructions.

I often hear AI coding feels inconsistent or underwhelming.

I wanted to test a simple claim: you can ship maintainable software by vibe-engineering end to end.

now includes macOS Tahoe support Apple slightly altered the system command for Tahoe You have a drawer full of USB cables.

Google still knows how to really swag

AI is transforming our tools, our writing, and — apparently now — our sense of typographic originality.

I recently found myself in a deep state of flow while coding — the kind where time melts away and you gain real clarity about the software you’re building.

Introducing “shorts” for Henry (my Hugo blog engine/theme).

Chrome finally pulled the trigger on the web’s best ad-blocker, uBlock Origin.

A developer podcast host recently said they only use AI for autocomplete.

Getting useful results from your AI assistant often comes down to the instructions you give it.

I just read a good piece by the Nilenso crew on AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes.

If you’re obsessed with productivity hacks, you’ve probably heard of Karabiner – the ultimate tool for keyboard customization on macOS.

I use the Pixel 9 Pro as my daily driver and love it.

When you’ve been doing a podcast for so long and it’s a pure labor of love –time and again– you start to ask yourself: why am I doing this again?

On a ✈️ back home, I decided to add Dark mode support to Henry.

Update is now out The latest firmware update is out now.

Many software engineers (myself included, not long ago) have been anxious about AI replacing our jobs.

I’ve been following the awesome Gina Trapani for quite some time.1 She recently built a tool to track her life in weeks (inspired by Tim Urban of Wait But Why fame’s own article).

I use Obsidian for tracking my weekly tasks.1 One thing I like to do, is mark tasks as “canceled”, “rescheduled”, “in progress”, etc. in case I move them between weeks.

In Vinay’s latest newsletter, he asks a few of us #AndroidDev to predict what the future of Android development is going to look like.

One of the challenges with note taking apps on mobile is the limited font selection.

Twitter’s change in ownership triggered a cascade of events birthing various social media clones.