Musings on software and technology and occasionally other things
The next big feature is integrated the PullBook App with the Half Decent scale so I can completely automate the pull a shot workflow in the app but due to a shipping delay from Hong Kong all I have is a rough implementation and a simulator as shown below : Status report I gave Continue reading Diary of an Agentic Wrangler (part 5)
On these pages, I m keeping notes of my experimentation with new AI based software development tools. My goal is to understand for myself whether tools like Claude and Codex are ready for developing commercial software. Low code and zero-code tools have been around for a decade or so this is not the same. Vibe Continue reading Diary of an Agentic Wrangler (part 4)
FWIW my day job is running a largish (28 people) Product and Design team for Cellebrite. Cellebrite has nothing to do with Espresso though some of the offices do have decent machines. I ve been leading product teams for over 20 years and that background is driving how I develop software with Claude. For Continue reading Diary of an agentic wrangler (Part 3)
At the start of the year I re-started my home espresso obsession having grown dissatisfied with the declining quality of Nespresso pods. This isn t my first foray into home espresso and I ve owned a range of machines over the years. I bought my self the entry level but pretty dependable Breville BES840XL and a one Continue reading 9Bar your espresso co-pilot
OK a bit more agent wrangling on the two apps. over the weekend. Just a reminder : there s a semi-serious app for producing 508 Compliance VPATs (A11yBot) and my lifestyle project 9Bar which is basically an Espresso co-pilot / log book. For both projects I needed an easier way for people other than yours Continue reading Diary of an agentic wrangler (Part 2)
The Casual Coder This was cross posted from Linked. Although I haven’t been a full-time developer for well over 25 years, most of my career in product leadership has been in support of people building, deploying, and managing software systems, so I’ve always maintained a close interest in the art and science of software. With Continue reading Casual Coding with Claude (Part 1)
After very convenient coffee and breakfast across the road from our hotel, we packed up our wet gear, loaded up on snacks and water and loaded up the minivan of the hotel manager who offered to ferry us back to the C O to avoid the sktchy road detour. FWIW you can get six people Continue reading GAP C O Trip Day 5 -Harpers Ferry to Georgetown
We ate left-over pizza for breakfast as nothing else was open. Stopped in Williamsport to find a bike shop, coffee and food. Bike shop was closed but we found a decent little cafe and loaded up on carbs and caffeine. The weather forecast wasn t looking good and we wanted to get to Harper s Ferry before Continue reading GAP C O Trip Day 4 Hancock to Harpers Ferry
Did a quick recce into town to find some decent coffee (Clatter Cafe) and warm up the aching legs it seems that every road in Frostburg us uphill in both directions. A hearty breakfast and a chat with the owner of the Allegheny Trail House about the trail ahead of us. Then re-packing, a Continue reading GAP C O Trip Day 3 Frostburg to Hancock
Despite drawing the short straw and sleeping on the couch, I had a pretty decent night s sleep. Note trying to find AirBnBs for 5 people is more challenging that you d think. After coffee at the eclectic Crawford Coffee followed by a decent breakfast in the Valley Dairy we packed up and got back on Continue reading GAP C O Trip Day 2 Connellsville to Frostburg