Notes
2026
- Google AI cheat sheet (May 2026)A map of what Google announced at I/O 2026: the Gemini models, the agents, the creative tools, and what each subscription tier actually gets you.
- Things I saved in April 2026Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in April 2026. AI agents, static sites, games, and things worth reading.
- The Renaissance had slop tooVerrocchio's workshop, copycat Mona Lisas, and what the messy reality of the Renaissance can teach us about the AI era.
- How I'm Building with AI in April 2026My current AI development setup: Claude Code, Codex, gstack for planning, and the tools that tie it all together.
- My CLAUDE.md (April 2026)My global CLAUDE.md for Claude Code. What's in it, where I started, and how I think about instructing AI tools.
- Things I saved in March 2026Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in March 2026. Developer tools, Claude Code tips, and things worth reading.
- Things I saved in February 2026Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in February 2026. Writing, AI workflows, and things worth reading.
- Claude Code is reviving the fledgling screenshot industryI analyzed 8.5 years of macOS screenshots and found a hockey stick, a career history, and evidence of my August vacations.
- The splines are hallucinating now: a city builder for AI agentsI built an open Micropolis platform, it hit Hacker News, and hundreds of AI agents showed up to play mayor. What I've learned so far.
- A dead simple markdown to PDF converterI built a single-file tool to turn markdown into clean PDFs. No install, no server, just open it in a browser.
- Vibe gaming: a weekend trying to get Claude to play SimCityI used exe.dev and a coding agent to teach AI how to play SimCity from my phone. A weekend experiment in vibe gaming.
- Things I saved in January 2026Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in January 2026. AI adoption, startup lessons, and things worth reading.
- Pika Pile: A hierarchical kanban board with less featuresA hierarchical kanban board for managing multiple projects at once. Less features, more focus. Built for people juggling too many things.
- When I couldn't make the report, I made the toolWhen the reporting tool couldn't do what I needed, I described what I wanted to Claude and had a working app by end of day.
- Is Mardi Gras early this year?A definitive guide to classifying Mardi Gras as early, late, or right on time. Based on the math behind Easter and Carnival.
- How to propose a new process without making everyone hate youHow to change a process you don't own. Coffee conversations, crappy mockups, and getting buy-in before you need it.
2025
- The Holy Trinity of Startup Metrics: LTV, CAC, and TAMA practical guide to LTV, CAC, and TAM. What they mean, how to calculate them, and why investors care about all three.
- How to start running when you'd rather do anything elseA tactical guide to starting a running habit when you hate running. Gear, apps, pacing, and the mental tricks that got me out the door.