The Elitist Trap
A field guide for countering common traps of misguided experience.
reflection
Softer edges, longer pauses. These posts give space to notice, feel, and be honest.
Who Checks the Foundation?
AI lets anyone frame a house now.
With the right tools, I can scaffold a full-stack application faster than I ever could alone. Type-safe. Styled. Shippable. A virtual dev team at my fingertips.
But lately I’ve been asking a different set of questions—ones that don’t show up
Living in the Gap
I live between presence and projection — here, but already ten steps ahead. It’s a tension of slowing down, waiting for others, holding the map while walking the same road. Leadership often means pacing yourself so we can arrive together.
🌀 The Paradox of Velocity in AI Coding
After sprinting through two weeks of AI-coded progress—and crashing into drift, chaos, and broken trust—I reset everything. This is the story of slowing down, building real structure, and defining a repeatable AI‑Ops workflow. From vibe coding to teardown, here’s what I learned.
I Still Don’t Really Know JSX. And I Don't Think It Matters.
I built a production-grade React app—and still don’t fully understand JSX. In the AI-assisted era, syntax mastery matters less than system design. You’re not the coder anymore. You’re the architect. The real skill? Knowing what to ask, how to judge, and when the output doesn’t fit.
Am I Ever Not Working?
If your value lies in how you think, are you ever really off the clock? Lately, I’ve been chasing AI workflows at all hours—and thinking through systems even when I’m not at my keyboard. This post reflects on the cost of always being “on,” and how to protect the infrastructure: you.
Tool-and-Die Thinking for the AI Age
How AI coding tools helped me beat the overhead wall — and build faster than I think.