AI at House of Giants, Without the Spam Machine: Context Is Not Memory
Part 2 of the Krang build: why giving an AI operator more context made the system worse until House of Giants got stricter about memory, source material, and review.
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AI at House of Giants, Without the Spam Machine: Building Krang
Part 1 of the Krang build: the bounded Hermes workspace, House of Giants context, and transcript-to-Linear loop that made AI useful without turning it into a spam machine.
The Struggle is What We Crave
On the death of web dev communities, the callouses that made us better, and why eliminating struggle might be the worst thing we've ever built.
Ten Years of Uncomfortable
A decade after writing about choosing discomfort, this is what that lesson looks like at 35: quieter, harder, and still necessary.
Handling Controlled and Uncontrolled Inputs in React
When to choose to use controlled vs uncontrolled inputs in React.
Server Components in Next 13
Exploration of the new server component behavior in Next 13 with basic example.
Toggle State With React Hooks
Create a basic toggle function using React Hooks
Basic ES6 Vanilla JS Class Toggle
Create a basic class toggle function with ES6 Vanilla JavaScript.
React Context API
Get started using the React Context API.
React for People Who Think Things Like React are Weird and Hard
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Intro to GraphQL Queries
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Understanding Grid Display, Tracks And The New fr Unit.
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The Case for (or against) the CSS @supports rule
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Introduction to ARIA Attributes
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The State of Web Typography
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Basic Class Toggle with Vanilla JS
Create a basic class toggle function with Vanilla JavaScript.
What can we do with ServiceWorker
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Service Workin' for the Weekend
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Being Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
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What I Learned From My First Speaking Gig
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On Community
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Enhancing Progressive Enhancement
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The Ellusive Development Process
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The Importance of Company-wide Respect for Process
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Spinning Up Process
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Choosing Your Stack: Part 1
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The Internet’s Own Boy
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