Sand — simple VMs for Mac
I wanted a stupid simple way to run coding agents in a little Linux box on my Mac. Sand is the Swift CLI I built for that.
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They Gave Us a Taste of Honey
Claude limits are the itch. The bigger problem is that the subsidized part of the AI cycle is starting to look familiar.
Wait, Could You Be Wrong?
I went looking for better multi-agent workflows and ended up caring more about one dumb follow-up question than any of them.
Spoiled by Smart Models
Anthropic clarified their rules and the panic was real. But the dependency we built is the actual problem.
Agent Peeper
A skill workflow ran for an hour. Stuck in a loop, hung on a terminal command, and I had no way to know. So Claude Code Watcher became Agent Peeper.
The Engine Behind the Hype
OpenClaw has north of 100K GitHub stars, three name changes, and a crypto scam. Everybody’s talking about the lobster. Nobody’s talking about the engine underneath it.
Why I Built a Static Site Generator in 2025
A potential client looked me up and found a portfolio site from my LA sound design days. He thought that’s what I still did.
The Interfaceless Interface
“Computer, show me the crew manifest.” No login. No hamburger menu. Just a question and an answer. Star Trek’s been doing this since 1966.
Running AI Models Locally
I broke my own rule and bought a first-gen Apple product to run AI locally. The M4 marketing was that convincing.
Claude Code Watcher
An n8n workflow running Claude Code headless got stuck. No terminal, no output, no idea what was happening. So I built a thing.
While Loops, Context Windows, and a Guy Named Ralph
August 2025 was rough for Claude. I channeled the frustration into a mini project inspired by Geoffrey Huntley’s Ralph Wiggum technique.
Prompting Live Music
Toro y Moi performed at the Google I/O pre-show with nothing but text prompts and a MIDI controller. I’ve been building instruments for live electronic music since the early 2000s. This broke my brain.
Chopwise
The SketchUp model was done. A catio to build. Then I got stuck on the shopping list.