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Notes on engineering practice, workflow, and the small decisions that compound into how I ship software.

Jun 29, 20265 min read

What 'AI-Native Development' Actually Means

I put 'AI-native development workflow' on my bio. That phrase is one bad LinkedIn post away from being meaningless, so here's what I actually mean by it — the difference from 'AI-assisted,' what the job becomes, and what stubbornly doesn't change.

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Jun 27, 20265 min read

I Built Dynamic Social Cards by Talking to an Agent

Every time I shared my site, the preview was the same selfie. I fixed it end-to-end from a chat — a next/og route, wired into every page — and then learned the hard way that the real boss fight isn't the code, it's the caches.

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Jun 25, 20266 min read

I Run a Team of Coding Agents From a Telegram Chat

I used to hand one task to one agent. Now Hermes sits in my Telegram as a manager, breaks down what I ask, and dispatches the actual coding to Claude Code and Codex. Here's how running agents like a team — from a chat app — actually works.

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May 28, 20265 min read

MCP is Eating the Tool Integration World

Model Context Protocol went from Anthropic side project to industry standard in under a year. Here's why it matters, how it works, and what it means for how we build AI-powered tools.

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May 25, 20265 min read

The Solo Developer's Playwright Strategy: What to Test and What to Skip

You don't have a QA team. You ARE the QA team. Here's how I decide what's worth writing Playwright tests for — and what I deliberately skip.

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May 25, 20264 min read

My Phone Has More Dev Tools Than My First Laptop

I SSH into servers, push code, and monitor production from the same device I use to doomscroll. My first dev machine couldn't even run Chrome.

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May 23, 20266 min read

Deploying to Your Own Server Shouldn't Be This Easy

I replaced a fragile SSH-and-pray deploy workflow with Dokploy, an open-source self-hosted platform. One install, Dockerfile deploys, automatic SSL, and a dashboard for $0/month. Here's the setup and what I learned.

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May 22, 20265 min read

I Let an AI Agent Run My Dev Environment for a Week

I hooked up an AI agent to my terminal, file system, and messaging apps. It deploys my code, schedules my tasks, and remembers what I told it last month. Here's what actually happened.

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May 21, 20266 min read

Why I Default to Boring Tech

Every project tempts you to try the new thing. Here's why I keep reaching for Postgres, Next.js, and a Dockerfile instead — and when boring is the wrong call.

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May 21, 20266 min read

Git Workflow for Solo Developers

Most Git advice is written for teams. Here's the workflow I actually use when I'm the only person committing — branches, commits, releases — without the team-of-twelve ceremony.

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