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- June Openclaw field report
My Current OpenClaw Setup: Practical Local AI Agents with Private Routing I’ve been experimenting heavily with OpenClaw, and I wanted to write up my current setup for other IT professionals who may…
- How I’m Getting the Best Results from AI Lately
The most success I’m having with AI lately is using Claude Opus as a thinking partner, not just a generator. 1. I start with intent: I want to do this, and I want you to interview me until you’re 95%…
- I'm a historian by training. The first thing you learn is the hierarchy of sources. Primary sources — first-hand accounts, original documents, directtestimony — are the raw material. Secondary sources are someone else's interpretation of that material. T
I'm a historian by training. The first thing you learn is the hierarchy of sources. Primary sources — first-hand accounts, original documents, directtestimony — are the raw material. Secondary…
- Purpose-Built AI: A Field Toolkit for Engineering Operations
General-purpose AI assistants have an infinite goal space. Give one the instruction "answer whatever the user asks" and you've created a system with nodefensible perimeter — every question is a new…
- Why Modern Movies with iPhones Leave Me Cold (And What Star Trek Gets Right About Technology)
Lately, I’ve been bothered by how so many movies treat the iPhone (or any phone) as the be-all, end-all device—every key moment, the climax even, just ends up being people yelling into a little slab…
- Great Writers Freeze a Language
Looking back at history, I’m often reminded of that famous Mark Twain quote: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” I see proof of this in the words and phrases we still use today—many…
- Why I Love Trunk-Based Development
For a long time, I used to think branching strategies were just a technical detail—something you picked once, then rarely thought about again. But the more I build and work with teams, the more I’ve…
- The Power of Our Words
Recently, I listened to a talk at my church that really stuck with me. A few things hit home—simple ideas on how to show love. 1. Fathers and Sons: If you have a son, tell him you’re proud of him.…