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Redlines for a Robot: Design-Reviewing AI Code With Screenshots

October 31, 2026

12 min read

I review AI code the way architects review drawings: a screenshot, a red mark and one sentence. Four real examples from building ModHomes with Claude Code.

Your Content Model Is Your SEO Strategy

September 30, 2026

6 min read

Your CMS content model decides your SEO before launch. Learn how structured fields drive metadata, schema markup and AI search, with a real Sanity example.

Why I Replaced Cursor with Claude Code and VS Code

September 19, 2026

7 min read

Why I left Cursor for Claude Code and VS Code after buying Claude Max. The editor stopped being where the AI lives, and autocomplete became a nuisance.

Designing a Score That Motivates Without Guilt

August 28, 2026

6 min read

How MemoryDensity's Memory Density Score uses caps, skips, and copy choices to encourage reflection without streak anxiety.

Why Time Feels Faster As You Age — MemoryDensity

July 21, 2026

2 min read

Why does time speed up as you age? The science of time compression and MemoryDensity, a free app to make your years feel long and full again.

Your AI Agent Writes Markdown. Your Email Client Doesn't

July 5, 2026

7 min read

Your AI agent writes Markdown, but email clients need HTML. Learn how broken apply links led to a fix: render agent output in your tools, not your prompts.

How to Build an AI Agent That Sends You Daily Job Listings with eve by Vercel

June 21, 2026

11 min read

Learn how to build an AI job search agent with Vercel's eve framework that automatically emails you daily job listings from multiple sources.

The Hidden Cost of Defaulting to ISR

June 14, 2026

10 min read

Most developers default to ISR without thinking twice. Here's why that drift is costing you and the five questions to ask before you commit.

Frontend Architecture at Happy: Layers, Data Flow, and State

June 7, 2026

12 min read

Every messy frontend file is a symptom of the same problem: no clear boundaries. Here's how we structured Happy's frontend architecture into layers that scale.

Why Architects Make Great Frontend Engineers

May 31, 2026

15 min read

Architects are trained to think across scales simultaneously — a cognitive skill most engineers spend years trying to develop. They arrive with it on day one.

Stop Letting Your Internal Docs Go to Waste, Build a RAG App

May 8, 2026