Do not give up your brain

I do use AI for work, and often shill AI for work, and use it often on side projects. That being said, I really care about using AI as a tool, rather than a replacement for my own thoughts and ideas. I think it’s very important to not default to laziness and just asking for the answer to something, especially when thinking a liiiiittle bit can get you there.

2/5/2026

How a 3D Printer With AI Became the MVP of My Server Management Stack

Running infrastructure feels like a full-contact sport. One bad outage and your SLAs go up in flames. Scaling never happens when you want it to. And hardware failures? They love showing up at 3 AM like they’re doing you a favor. I hit a point where I needed a real shift not another dashboard with neon graphs, but an actual co-pilot for ops.

2/4/2026

Single Sign-On vs “Login with Google”: What Really Happens When You Delete Your Google Account

Most of us click “Continue with Google” without thinking twice. It’s fast. It’s convenient. It feels safe.

1/15/2026

Build and Use Mistral Vibe — The CLI Coding Assistant

Mistral Vibe is a modern command-line coding assistant that lets you query, explore, and modify your codebase using natural language right in the terminal. It’s like having a smart junior dev that lives in your shell and understands your whole repo.In this walkthrough, we’ll break down how to set it up, configure it, and start using it — so you can share this on your blog with no fluff and all the practicals.

12/16/2025

Every Developer Needs to Self-Host

Self hosting is not just about saving money or going off grid. It is about learning the skills that power the internet and unlocking opportunities you might not even know exist yet.

11/17/2025

Nobody wants to be the boss anymore. Here’s why, in just 7 words

New research shows only 30% of workers want to become managers. Here’s why, and what your organization can do about it.

11/12/2025

Artificial intelligence glossary | 60+ terms to know

AI is moving fast and can be hard to keep up in real time. Use this glossary as a reference for AI terms.

11/9/2025

Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Web & App Development

Working in web and app development for over seven years has been an exciting rollercoaster — full of bugs, breakthroughs, and a lot of “aha!” moments. From writing my first line of code to leading complex full-stack projects, every phase has taught me something valuable. Here are some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned that might help both beginners and professionals in their own journeys.

10/26/2025

REST vs GraphQL: Choosing the Right API Design

When building websites, mobile apps or any services that talk to a server, your application needs a way to fetch or update data. In tech‐speak this is done via an API (Application Programming Interface). But there’s more than one way to build an API. Two of the most popular approaches today are REST and GraphQL.

10/24/2025

Building Scalable Full-Stack Apps with Node.js + React.js

In today’s world of web apps and mobile apps, users expect things to be fast, smooth, and reliable no matter how many people use them. To build that kind of app you often need a full-stack setup: frontend (what the user sees) + backend (what the server does) + database/storage + scaling. In this blog we’ll talk about using Node.js (for the backend) and React.js (for the frontend) to build apps which are scalable (i.e., can handle growth) and user-friendly.

10/24/2025

Why Is AI Design Bad ?

AI design tools are everywhere now. If you’re a designer, you’ve probably used a handful of them to erase a background, clean up a layer stack, or power through a tedious round of resizing. Some features genuinely speed things up, but a lot of the biggest “design for you” promises bring way more clutter than insight. Let’s break down why design is so hard for AI and where it can actually help. The design challenge AI hasn’t solved (yet) AI’s sweet spot is anything that runs on clear rules.

10/23/2025