Blog
Top Posts
One Week with Claude Code: Building an AI-Powered Publishing Pipeline
After seven days of building with Claude Code and my AI assistant Gus, I shipped an end-to-end blog pipeline, an SEO auditor, and a chatbot — most of it while cleaning my office.
What Crawling Upwork Every Day Taught Me About Where to Go Next
How automating Upwork job searches with an AI agent revealed gaps in my skills, validated my business strategy, and surfaced a hosting opportunity I should have seen coming.
Stop Nickel-and-Diming Your AI Tools and Go All In
How a desperate deal with a bad client led to a Claude Pro Max subscription that changed everything. Why spreading across cheap AI subscriptions is holding you back, and what happens when you commit.
Where I'm Going Next
After building out the blog pipeline and SEO automations, here's the roadmap for CyberWorld — from generative search optimization to a unified dashboard to a three-tier service model that makes traditional SaaS obsolete.
First Pitch Meeting Reflections: Lessons, Confidence, and Alignment in Death Care and AR Innovation
Reflections on my first investor pitch meeting, its unexpected value as a forcing function for prototyping, and the alignment of death care solutions with augmented reality (AR) location-based experiences, reinforcing confidence to pursue the vision independently.
Chatbot Breakthrough: How OpenAI's Web Crawling Validates Generative SEO for Smarter Site Interactions
Uncovering the power of simple LangChain chatbots enhanced by OpenAI's training data, turning basic prompts into accurate, linked responses—proving the value of generative search optimization for blogs.
From Hybrid Intel Trio to Drum Note: Evolving AI-Human Synergy in Music Collaboration
Tracing the evolution of AI-music ideas from Pandora's lessons in RLHF to BotBand and Drum Note, exploring optimal human-AI collaboration in creativity, relationships, and education for meaningful alignment.
A detailed account of transitioning from over three years as a cable installation contractor to becoming a full-time freelance web developer. Covers misclassification challenges, rediscovering programming skills, and the breakthrough moment leveraging Upwork to escape manual labor.
A reflection on early freelance web development experiences, focusing on WordPress specialization after transitioning from DocWorks. Covers plugin customization, client relationships, reputation management, and the dynamics of remote freelance work in the early 2010s.
A biographical account of early software development experiences at a doctor's office, working on the DocWorks electronic medical records system. Covers the evolution from Perl-based flat files to a hybrid system incorporating Ruby on Rails, PHP, and MySQL across multiple operating systems.
A personal journey learning Linux, from first exposure at DocWorks EMR startup to necessity-driven adoption after being laid off. Details how Ubuntu transformed an end-of-life Windows XP machine into a functional development workstation, providing foundational skills in command-line operations, networking, and server management.
A personal journey through the early days of coding, from learning HTML and CSS to building my first Flash website and transitioning into software development at a medical records startup.
Explore by Topic
AI & Automation
- Building a Generative Framework: Evolving AI Coding Agents and Human-AI Collaboration
- The Power of Flat Files in Blogging: Repurposing Coding Tools for Content Creation and AI Optimization
- Troubleshooting n8n Workflows Integrated with Supabase, Vapi, and Lovable for AI-Driven Sales Automation
- +4 more articles
Career & Professional Development
Development & Tools
- Revisiting Old Code: Lessons in Growth, Enterprise vs. Startup Mindsets, and AI-Driven Infrastructure Evolution
- Building a Generative Framework: Evolving AI Coding Agents and Human-AI Collaboration
- The Power of Flat Files in Blogging: Repurposing Coding Tools for Content Creation and AI Optimization
- +6 more articles