My Notes on Three Years of Coding with AI
A non-hype version of what daily AI-assisted coding actually looks like after three years, written like a conversation over coffee.
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Personal Elixir Code Aesthetics
A tour of some small personal choices behind clean, readable Elixir code I strive for.
Phoenix LiveView: Presenting DateTime in User's Time Zone
A concrete walk through a real Phoenix problem: showing timestamps in each reader's own time zone.
What is Local-first Software?
Why data ownership and offline-friendly software matter to me, and where local-first is heading. It's a problem space I'm digging into right now.
My Standup Format
The simple async standup format I've leaned on for years to keep a team honest, human, and unblocked.
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Shimming Your Way Off a Dead Elixir Dependency
An abandoned dependency was blocking a major upgrade I needed. Here are the two ways I retire one, and when a shim beats a big-bang rewrite.
Guarding Against AI Drift: My Automated Elixir Quality Checks
I have hardened LocalCents with more automated Elixir quality checks than I have ever run. The whole guardrail setup, wired in a real repo.
My Notes on Three Years of Coding with AI
Notes on how my use of AI has changed over three years, and what's working and what isn't inside LocalCents.
What Is Good Code?
We all nod along to "good code" but rarely define it. Here are the four attributes I look for, and the practices that protect each one.
A Place for Everything: How I Track Work
How I track work, from issue statuses and types to pull request conventions, with sample PR templates you can copy.
Decision Records, Playbooks, and Other Acts of Kindness
You open a project you did not write, hit a wall, and find no one left to ask. The habits that spare the next developer that moment.
Stabilizing Inherited Software: My First-Week Checklist
Inherited a live codebase with no one left who built it? Here's the checklist I run through in week one — before touching a single feature.
Fresh Eyes on a Cucumbered Team
There is a term for being on a team so long you stop noticing its quirks. What fresh eyes can, and cannot responsibly, do about it.
The Moral Struggles of AI Coding
A journal documenting my use of and personal ethics around AI coding as a programmer.
GitHub Copilot and Unhonored Branch Protection
GitHub Copilot commits directly to `main` and ruins my night.
Becoming an Accessibility Ally: My Early Journey and Resources
What I learned from a Website Accessibility course, plus the tools and resources worth a look if you want to level up too.
A Visual Tour of Phoenix's Updated 'magic link' Authentication Code Generator
A visual tour of how `phx.gen.auth` looks to the user, what the core schemas/contexts look like, and I'll sprinkle in some personal commentary as we go.
Open for Software Dev Coffee Talk
If you have an interesting side project in the works, an Elixir or LiveView question, or just want to chat about software development, schedule a call.
Returning to Self-Employment
My full-time employment is coming to a close, and I am once again rebooting my self-employment life.
Ranked Vote Flick Demo
A short demo video of RankedVote.app (Flick), the Elixir and Phoenix LiveView app I built to help the Elixir Book Club pick books.
Using Google Sheets to Catalog Expenses for Budgeting Considerations
This is how I catalog my planned expenses when reviewing personal budget scenarios. Google sheet and video demo attached.
How to Use a Modern Version of Hugo on Render's Static Site Service
The version of Hugo that Render provides is out of date but you can install a more current version with a custom build script. Here is mine.
How I Got Rid of My Google-Hosted Web Fonts
Some background on how I replaced Google-linked web fonts on this site with self-hosted ones to improve privacy concerns.
2025 Tools Audit
A snapshot and inventory of the tools I use regularly.
Conference Notes: Code BEAM America (San Francisco) 2025
I had a great time at the Code BEAM conference. The content was high quality and well presented. Here are some of my notes and links.
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