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Written versions of my videos and standalone essays, newest first.

Escaping Claude Code Lock-In: My Open-Source AI Stack (OpenCode + OpenRouter)

I have been a Claude fanboy for about two years now. Let me say this clearly before I start...

June 25· 12 min read

I use Claude Code every single day. At my day job, it's my main agent, and I've talked plenty about...

June 22· 10 min read

I have a confession: I roll my eyes at AI benchmarks. Every other week someone on Twitter posts a...

June 18· 13 min read

On my previous video, I explained why I migrated my SaaS, CourseShelf, away from React and Inertia to...

June 16· 12 min read

Claude Fable 5 just launched, and I did what any reasonable person would do: I woke up at 6 AM, got...

June 10· 11 min read

If you've been following my journey, you know I went all in on Elixir a while ago. I left the React...

June 2· 12 min read

Back in 2019, I created TechSchool, an open-source platform to help people find free programming...

January 21· 4 min read

There's a ton of stuff out there about using AI to write JavaScript and Next.js code, but what about...

March 10, 2025· 7 min read

Since 2019 I have published free courses on my YouTube channel. Many times, people have commented on...

March 5, 2024· 2 min read

I've been a web developer since 2019. I used React.js and React-based frameworks like Gatsby, Next,...

January 10, 2024· 15 min read