In 1995, the Proof Was a Website
The last big shift rewarded developers who could prove they had made the jump, and this one will too. Here is how to start building your proof.
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My thoughts on life, love, and everything.
Software developers are scared, and not just about being fired because of AI
Developers resist AI in public while privately fearing they will not be able to find another job, and why leaning in is the better bet.
Read more →Stop Telling AI What It Can't Do
People only hand AI the tasks they already know how to do. Describe the problem, ask it to solve it, and let the conversation do the rest.
Read more →I Was the Reset Button
I hacked a $50 picture frame into a home dashboard. I can't use a soldering iron. My entire contribution was a bent paperclip and a clear idea of what I wanted.
Read more →Use the tool...to use the tool
My barber told me he doesn't know how he's going to catch up with AI. The biggest secret I know is that the tool will teach you how to use the tool.
Read more →I Built a Photo Booth for My Mother-in-Law's 95th Birthday in Two Nights
A Raspberry Pi, an iPhone, an iPad, and a photo printer on a router with no internet. Two nights with Claude produced a framed 4x6 keepsake for every guest at a 95th birthday party, and the code is free.
Read more →Stop Chasing the One-Shot
Five paragraphs of WHAT and HOW got me pitiful video-editing results. Showing the AI what I wanted, then letting it interview me, got me a pipeline.
Read more →The Pipeline Hands Me Back Hours
DaVinci Resolve ships with an API Claude can connect to. I asked for a pipeline instead of an edit, and got my evenings back.
Read more →Instruction Is Done to You. Learning Is Something You Do.
After years of running ZendCon, the Dutch PHP Conference, and CoderFaire, I still don't get why people skip Tutorial Day. Conference sessions are instruction. Tutorials are learning.
Read more →Lead With Instructions, Close With What You Want Remembered
A trick Joel Spolsky used on an audience in 2007 without anyone catching it, and how it settled an argument this week about the order of a message going out to a few hundred people.
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