Culture • Sep 20, 2025 The Art of the Nerd Snipe: Ask Questions People Want to Answer There's a subtle art to asking for help in a way that grabs people's interest and makes them get involved. And, it only takes a moment to do.
Extracurricular Activities • Sep 19, 2025 Side Projects Don’t Need to Be a Grind – Let AI Do the Heavy Lifting Most side projects fizzle out before they start. But this one combined a favorite hobby with the chance to build something with a friend.
AI for Developers • Sep 17, 2025 Prototyping Apps with AI: Why Replit Handled My Big Idea Better Than Cursor I tried Replit for the first time — it's kind of amazing — it didn’t just build code from my PRD, it actually scoped my MVP for me.
AI for Developers • Sep 16, 2025 Beyond Code: Using Cursor IDE for Knowledge Management I started as a developer using Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio, so when I first used Cursor, it felt natural.
AI for Developers • Sep 15, 2025 An AI-Powered Development Workflow for Solo Builders I think this workflow is a great way for a software consultant or solo developer to get more deep work flow-state time.
Artificial Intelligence • Sep 11, 2025 Talking AI, Culture, and Change on RioT Underground I recently joined an episode of the RioT Underground podcast to share my perspective on AI and how Atomic Object is approaching it.
AI for Designers • Sep 10, 2025 Designing in the Age of AI: How Our Process Is Evolving at Atomic After six months of heavily testing and exploring integrating AI into our design work, it’s hard to imagine solely going back to the old way.
Design Strategy • Sep 07, 2025 Why Using Software Is Like Eating at a Brazilian Steakhouse Run by Vegans Developers who don't keep the user in mind when designing new software are like vegans running a Brazilian steakhouse.
AI for Designers • Sep 06, 2025 Two Years Designing with AI: How My Process Completely Changed Two years ago, I was deep in the familiar rhythms of design consulting. But my process has changed after two years of designing with AI.
AI for Developers • Sep 03, 2025 5 Ways I Use AI as a Junior Developer By being intentional about how I use AI, I’ve found a workflow that helps me grow as a junior developer without skipping the hard parts.
Personal Optimization • Sep 02, 2025 Tame JIRA and GitHub Email Spam with Gmail Filters The sheer volume of messages often makes it impossible to spot truly important ones. Solution? Use Gmail filters so you only see what matters.
AI for Developers • Aug 26, 2025 Building an AI Agent with LangGraph At a recent event, I teamed up with a co-worker to build a simple AI-powered news aggregation agent using LangGraph.