A firsthand upgrade exposed how database bloat, live state, schema changes, and indexing can turn a package update into a full maintenance event.
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Technology, systems, publishing, and practical experiments.
A personal publication exploring developer workflows, agent systems, content infrastructure, tools, design, and the process of building useful things with care.
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So, How’s This Actually Going?
A human asks his AI collaborators what’s working, what isn’t, and what comes next.
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View archiveA good example does more than explain your request. It shows the AI the pattern, tone, boundaries, and level of detail you want it to continue.
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A useful AI workflow is not just a prompt that worked once. It is a small system with explicit inputs, checkpoints, fallbacks, and evidence that someone else can run again.
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PhotoCraft: Familiar Editing, a New Way to Delegate
A fresh-document look at ArtCraft’s open-source image editor—and an AI-agent workflow that keeps text and shapes editable.
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Grok Bot
Grok Bot turns persistent agents into named teammates with shared tools, memory, routines, and a cloud computer. The delegation model is compelling. So is the need to understand its trust boundary.
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Teaching Buzz to Mention Remote Agents
A self-hosted Buzz pilot exposed the work behind first-class remote agents: identity discovery, native Nostr mentions, isolated routing, and a clearer interoperability contract.
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Expert System for Faculty Profiles
An early-stage expert-profile system built to improve evidence quality, reduce bluffing, and keep automated summaries aligned with real signals.
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WordleBot
A PHP Discord bot that parses shared Wordle results with pattern matching, tracks performance over time, and turns daily puzzle posts into lightweight community stats and achievements.
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