My AI Secretary
How I built a personal AI assistant from markdown files, MCP servers, and Claude Code. And what it actually feels like to use one.
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My Pants Build Journey
Notes from onboarding a large monorepo to Pants Build and keeping my sanity intact.
On Backward Compatibility
Backward compatibility is a (sometimes) necessary evil that should be avoided whenever possible. Sounds simple, right?
On formatting in Google Spreadsheets
Formatting in Google Spreadsheets is a trap. Here's how to do it right.
"No, I just use vim"
On the cost of forgoing accelerators
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