Development • Sep 29, 2026 A Linux Toolkit for Disk Image Recovery Deleting a file doesn't always remove its contents right away. A raw disk image may still contain deleted file entries for reuse.
Development Practices • Sep 28, 2026 Even with LLMs, Let’s Pair Together Pair programming hasn’t been made redundant by LLMs. But using the robot sometimes makes human collaboration feel a bit less relevant.
Extracurricular Activities • Sep 24, 2026 Old Capacitors, New Problems: Booting an Apple IIe for the First Time in 30+ Years I was living my vintage tech dream, and after a few minutes of doing the “Intro to Apple” program, I heard a loud pop and saw smoke.
AI for Developers • Sep 23, 2026 My First Agentic Project: The Blank Page Was the Hardest Part I expected my first project using agentic development to feel smooth and easy. But when I started, I had more questions than answers.
The Software Life • Sep 17, 2026 Build Trust on a Short Software Project Here's what I learned from being on a short software development project with 3 weeks to produce an ambitious set of goals.
Developer Tools • Sep 16, 2026 Test GitHub Actions Locally with Act I find Nektos repo for act incredibly helpful. Essentially, act is a way to run your GitHub Actions locally using Docker.
AI for Developers • Sep 15, 2026 Your Coding Agent Should be in Jail. Here’s Why and How. The more useful coding agents become, the more I start thinking about what the coding agent can reach. My answer: give Codex its own jail.
Artificial Intelligence • Aug 31, 2026 In the Age of AI, You Need Structure In a world where translation throughput increases, we need structures that can be easily understood and modified by people.
AI for Developers • Aug 30, 2026 AI Code & the Perfectly Implemented Misunderstanding AI-generated code can compile, pass tests, and still solve the wrong problem. Context, client communication, and critical review matter.
AI for Developers • Aug 28, 2026 Atomic Object on AI: MCP Servers Atomic discusses MCP Servers: are they solving a real problem, or reinventing one? Four perspectives on whether they live up to the hype.
Evolving the Industry • Aug 27, 2026 When Did Someone Last Look at the Systems Your Business Depends On? When did someone last look at the systems your business quietly depends on? If the answer is "years" or "never," spend an hour taking a look.
Artificial Intelligence • Aug 26, 2026 2 Years, 2 Swims Around Mackinac Island, & One AI Coach I have now done the 8.2-mile swim around Mackinac Island twice, with an AI as my coach both times: ChatGPT the first year, Claude the second.