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Jordan Fulghum
Product, design, and engineering.
Latest posts
localhost is disappearing
Why localhost is becoming the wrong default for agentic software development.
I built a private ChatGPT for my family
A local LLM, a family vault, and one tiny computer with a ridiculous GPU hanging off it.
OpenAI has a branding problem
The company that led the consumer AI race might be losing the naming one.
Post-primary-care
The clinical default is usually necessity instead of upside. Their question is, “Do you need this to treat a condition?” not “Would this actually improve your odds of staying healthy, strong, and functional for the next thirty years?”
On Mystery
The difference between answers you receive and answers you have to build together.
I Used Claude Code + Autoresearch to Trace My Family History Back to Jamestown
From fewer than 10 names to 168 individuals, 19+ family lines, and 300+ years of sourced history.
POST-SOFTWARE (March 2026)
LANGUAGE > CODE
Your Product Is No Longer the Center of Gravity
AI is inverting the traditional product development cycle in B2B software.
Remote Work, AI, and the Disappearing Engineer
What happens when you're shipping more than ever and feeling less than ever?
Mastery Fun vs Frontier Fun
Understanding the difference between two kinds of fun, and how coding agents change the game for each.
2026 is the year of self-hosting
CLI agents like Claude Code make self-hosting dramatically easier and actually fun. This is the first time I would recommend it to normal software-literate people.
I built Cassette, an anti-serverless computer in the cloud
Bring back simple ops with a fast, predictable, always-on computer in the cloud—yours. Run apps, agents, CI, and databases without hyperscale complexity.
I created a free website that can screen for cognitive decline in under 60 seconds
A fast, private, and accessible tool for screening cognitive decline through language analysis. No recordings stored, no accounts required - just 60 seconds and text analysis.
I built physical album trading cards with NFC tags to teach my 10-year-old music discovery
What's the modern equivalent of flipping through CDs? Physical album cards with NFC tags that bring back the tactile joy of music discovery.
I prototyped an IDE for how we actually code now
A native Mac IDE built around conversations with LLMs as the primary interface. Task-centric development with AI-driven planning, automated testing, and seamless production deployment.
Vibecoding took away the fun
I feel like a wizard now. So where'd the magic go?