Updates

From generator to colleague: a project template for shipping web apps with Claude Code

24 May 2026

The first time someone runs Claude Code in a project folder, the AI doesn't ask what they want to build. It asks who they are. An update on my opinionated project template for shipping web apps with Claude Code, four projects in.

Are you over-engineering your Claude Code projects?

12 April 2026

🔧 Most of us assemble a stack, get it working, and never question it again. The same instinct that makes you challenge a feature requirement applies to your tech choices too, and with agentic coding acting on the answer has never been cheaper.

Gah! I didn't solve my reading backlog, I just moved it...

11 April 2026

I built an AI reading triage tool to get on top of my Readwise Reader queue. It worked, briefly. Then Jevons' Paradox paid me a visit. 🧙‍♂️

I spent a weekend discovering what Claude and I already knew

6 April 2026

🧠 I spent a weekend building a memory system for Claude Code. It had a serious case of amnesia. Turns out I'd built a highly capable (and seriously over engineered) motion sensor for a room with no motion.

On being honest about AI

31 March 2026

There's a maker 🛠️ revolution happening around AI tools that reminds me of the early web. Here's how I'm using it, and where I draw the line.