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Thoughts on putting a system around AI Assisted development, shipping fast, keep tech debt under control + updates on our various projects

Field Notes

AUG 14, 2026 · Latest

Mr. Meeseeks (Metaphor for AI)

I'm not a big Rick & Morty enthusiast, but a colleague pointed me to this episode as a metaphor for working with coding agents, and boy, does it fit.

AUG 12, 2026

VORA: Value Over Replacement Agent

I’m not the world’s biggest baseball fan, but I’ve always loved VORP - Value over replacement player. It’s an idea I’ve riffed on numerous times for various situations - basically take an average of X and evaluate individual emails, flows, etc against that average. What do those specific X bring to the table vs. the average? What makes them special and unique?

AUG 11, 2026

AI is Mediocre (Metaphor for AI)

As many folks worry about LLMs racing towards AGI and the eventual machine apocalypse, the more I work with LLMs on coding, the more I'm coming to the opposite...

AUG 10, 2026

The Eye of Sauron (Metaphor for AI)

Claude code does amazing things. It also does blindly stupid things. Things that I wouldn't expect a first year CS student to do. Understanding how and why it...

AUG 10, 2026

Metaphors for AI Development

I've always had a soft spot for a good analogy or metaphor. I've found that there's a massive amount of understanding that can be communicated succinctly with...