Writing My Own Time-Based One-Time Password Generator
Creating a tool to generate authentication codes straight from the command line.
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.claudeignore and the Shared Psychosis of AI Engineering
We are witnessing superstitions form in real time.
100 Percent Code Coverage Is Not as Good as You Think
Why 100% code coverage is a misleading metric and a false sense of security.
Using UUIDv7 with Ecto and PostgreSQL
Postgres 18 adds built-in support for UUIDv7. Here's how to use it in an Ecto schema.
Fixing My Biggest SPA Pet Peeve In Phoenix
New Phoenix apps include my biggest complaint about using SPAs. Here's how I fixed it.
My Position On AI And Software Development
My current stance on using AI for software development as of late 2025 and why the juice is not worth the squeeze.
Adding Postgres Full Text Search to an Ash Project
How does it pan out when you need to reach outside of what Ash does for you?
Migrating my Existing Elixir App to Ash Framework
I migrated a personal project to use Ash, here's how it went.
An LLM that Re-Stacks Your PR is Solving the Wrong Problem
Why I think that if you are reaching for an AI to rewrite your Git history, you've already messed up.
LLMs In Search of A Problem
People desperately want to use AI at every opportunity without asking what they are even trying to accomplish.
What an Industry-Changing Programming Language Would Look Like
Imagine a programming language that could 10x the quality of software and reduce development and maintenance costs, what properties would it have?
Interruptions, Async Interactions, and Information Overload
Our digital workplace looks like it was designed to prevent thinking, not facilitate it.
The Way We Handle Dependencies Is a Sick Joke
Imagine describing to a programmer from the past how we use dependencies today.
Why You Should Remap CapsLock to Ctrl
The Ctrl key is super-useful, here's how to make it OP. If you were using CapsLock for anything in the first place, I don't even know what to tell you.
Things to Learn and Tech to Try in 2025
My personal list of things I'd like to give attention to in the coming year.
Can You Do Advent of Code With Only Vim Macros?!
Solving Advent of Code 2024, Day 4, without doing any programming.
Why You Should Care About Your Commits (Even If You Squash Merge!)
Using Git well is a communication skill. Build the branches that you would want to review.
Higher Level Editing with Vim Text Objects
This is really one of those keys to unlocking "editing at the speed of thought".
Never Get Lost In Your Buffers Again | Vim Marks
Use Vim marks to instantly get back to where you need to be.
Solving Battleship Solitaire with Elixir
The best part of a good puzzle is writing a program to do it for you.
Crafting Perfect Commits In An Imperfect World
Your commits can be perfect even when your changes aren't.
What Makes a Commit? | Understanding Atomic Commits
Answering the age old question "What should I commit and when?"
Grep In Vim | Setup from Scratch
Grep from the ground up. We go from a stock install to dialed-in.
Why AI Might Actually Make Your Skills MORE Important
Your boy weighs in on the existential crisis. The bots might be coming, but I'll go down like John Henry.
Working With Vim Registers | Copy And Paste Better
Vim even lets you take copy and pasting code to another level.
Git Bisect | Automatically Find Your Bugs
Track down which commit introduced a bug so you can make sure it wasn't your fault. Spoiler: it was.
Vim Formatting Essentials
The three formatting operations I can't imagine life without.
Book Review | Designing Elixir Systems with OTP
Designing Elixir Systems with OTP - Write Highly Scalable, Self-Healing Software with Layers by James Edward Gray, II and Bruce A. Tate
Vim Buffers, Windows, and Tabs | Multi-file Workflows
Finally, windows you will want to use. See how I juggle buffers, work with windows, and how not to use tabs.
More Than Switching Branches | git checkout Does Everything
checkout all these things you can do with this one command
Vim Search Must-Haves | 5 Things Everyone Should Know
Some search moves that should be muscle memory for everyone.
Go Beyond Rebase | git rebase --interactive
git rebase --interactive. Take it to another level.
Commit Message Writer's Block? Here's the Cure
One crucial setting that should be in every git config.
Vim's Built-in Autocomplete is All You Need
Vim has autocomplete straight out of the box, and it's all you need.
My Theory of Burnout
My take on what contributes to burnout
Creating LiveSlides
Creating LiveSlides
Hot Take - Async collaboration is Overrated
One of my unpopular opinions, asynchronous collaboration is not so great
Reverse TDD Workflow | For When the Tests Weren't Written First
Because sometimes you need to test the test.
Why I use Git on the command line
Why I use Git on the command line (and maybe why you should too)
Scales of Feedback in Software Development
A look at the different scales of feedback cycles in software development.
A Nix Cheatsheet
A quick reference for some Nix know-how
Mnemonic Data Structures
Using the right data structure for the job is always important, especially when storage and lookup happens in your brain.
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