AI
The world of AI is an ever-changing world. I attempt to make sense of it all.
Posts in this series
The Build IV: Staying Sane While Shipping Fast
AI tools can dramatically accelerate development, but that acceleration creates new risks. The speed dividend is only valuable if you take it as space, not just as more speed.
The Build III: Scope and Knowing When To Ship
Even a solo project benefits from project management discipline. The practices that seem like "overhead" for a personal project are actually what let you ship.
The Build II: I'm Not A Developer, But I Just Shipped A Production Application
You do not need to become a software developer to benefit from understanding how software development works. Here is what an accidental software developer learned—and why it might be useful to you, too.
The Build I: CMS, meet AI and directed work
AI-assisted development is not about letting the AI take the wheel. The value comes from your ability to direct it effectively, and to recognize when it is heading in the wrong direction.
Meet Me in the AI Middle
There is no shortage of opinions about AI, and those opinions meet operational realities in mission-driven nonprofit work. But where do aspirations, fears, and realities meet?
Seriously Unserious: Bad AI In A Site
Sometimes the best way to learn new deployment patterns is to build something completely ridiculous
AI Confidence Probabilities
Vibey AI
We're measuring how good an AI model is on vibes now. Or: The beatings will continue until morale improves.