A Letter To A Junior Engineer
Twenty years in the tech field taught me a few things I wish someone had told me on day one. This one's for the junior engineers just getting started.
Pair Programming with AI: A Senior Engineer's Honest Take
I gave AI a small app and a list of features. What came back in under an hour would have taken me weeks. Here's what I learned as a twenty-year engineer.
There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
Three emails per day. That's all I needed — and I couldn't find a single provider willing to help without a sales call. The free tier is disappearing, and indie developers are paying the price.
From Perl to AI Agents: How Web Development Grew Up
From writing Perl and raw SQL to AI coding agents — twenty years of web development evolution, and a question about where we're headed next.
This Is Your Reminder to Take a Break
Spring Break with my kids reminded me of a promise I made to myself — family first. You don't need a big getaway. Just make the ice cream.
Why I Built MAVIS
Sometimes an off-hand comment plants itself in your brain and grows into something. This one grew into a veterinary inventory app.