My Blog
Writing about software, product building, and practical AI.
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The Cost of Reducing the Wrong Number
Token price is not feature cost. The same mistake appears in effort estimates, delivery dates and support budgets: reduce the number, and you may reduce the value.
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What is applied AI?
Applied AI means using artificial intelligence to do real work — not studying models, but building with them. Here is what the term covers, why it matters more than the...
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SEO trends in 2026: search became an answer layer
SEO in 2026 is not just about a blue link ranking. Answer interfaces can satisfy early questions before a visit, so useful structure, evidence and measurement matter alongside...
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Why Building WordFloor, a Private Writing App, Takes So Long
WordFloor is being built as a private daily writing space where effort can outlive content. The writing loop works; saving, sync, export, and deletion still need to earn trust.
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Best of 2026 (So Far)
Halfway through the year, these four posts are the ones that actually meant something.
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Blog Refresh: What I Changed and Why It Matters
I've just completed a substantial refresh of this blog — migrated content, new posts, and a quiet overhaul of the publishing machinery underneath. Here's what I changed, and...
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Introducing WordFloor: Keep the Square
After 13 years of WriteDaily, I'm building something new. WordFloor is a private writing habit engine. Write. Hit your word floor. Delete the words if you want. The green...
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OpenCode let me switch models, but I wanted more control
OpenCode let me use MiniMax M2.7 for planning and a local Qwen3.5 27B model for overnight implementation. Human review found missed edge cases, but model choice alone did not...
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Why I could not fairly rank Codex, Copilot, and Claude
Codex CLI offered control, Copilot agent mode felt less inspectable, and Claude Code needed less rescue. I kept all three because different work and missing measurements made a...
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The AI That Can Break Into Your Software Has Been Built. Here's What's Happening About It.
A company called Anthropic built the most powerful AI yet. It can find hidden doors in software everyone uses — your phone, your browser, your accounting tool. They've decided...
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