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Context is a volume you plug in
Grok Bot, Muse, and Perplexity Computer all give the agent a machine. The context that builds up while you use it still sits in their infrastructure. I want a volume I can plug into any of those VMs, then unplug and take the working copy.
Sep 10, 20266 min read
Installing analytics is not getting out of the building
Lean Startup said get out of the building. Most launches I watch run a survey or install Mixpanel and call that enough, while the path the customer already walked still has no name, time, or count on it.
Aug 20, 202612 min read
Every REST convention already has a file in Laravel
Route, middleware, Form Request, controller method, Resource. I keep finding all five rebuilt inside one method, and Laravel already named the file.
Aug 15, 20268 min read
I write the spec before I open the coding model
I plan with the best model I have, then hand a fast one a short spec with no code in it. Three studies say the same thing I feel every week: the agent isn't the expensive part. The re-explaining is.
Aug 15, 20269 min read