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UI Thrashing: The Reset Protocol That Actually Works
AI Coding

UI Thrashing: The Reset Protocol That Actually Works

When AI-driven UI coding turns into an endless loop of micro-tweaks, don't negotiate with the model — kill the session, max the thinking effort, resend everything, and let it plan without more questions.

· 2 min read
Claude Chat, Claude Co-Work, or Claude Code: How to Know Which One You Actually Need
AI Coding

Claude Chat, Claude Co-Work, or Claude Code: How to Know Which One You Actually Need

The three tiers of working with AI — Claude chat, Claude co-work, and Claude Code — and the exact signal that tells you when it's time to move up a level.

· 4 min read
Write Your Acceptance Criteria Before You Let AI Touch the Code
AI Coding

Write Your Acceptance Criteria Before You Let AI Touch the Code

A short AI-coding tip: write your acceptance criteria and tests during the plan, before any code gets written — so you never miss a requirement, and AI can test itself.

· 1 min read
If You Want to Ride the Horse, You Need to Speak Its Language: A Non-Engineer's Survival Guide to Git and GitHub
AI Coding

If You Want to Ride the Horse, You Need to Speak Its Language: A Non-Engineer's Survival Guide to Git and GitHub

A plain-language glossary and workflow guide to Git and GitHub for non-developers using AI coding tools.

· 8 min read
GSD (Get Shit Done): The Framework That Changed How I Build Serious Software With AI
AI Coding

GSD (Get Shit Done): The Framework That Changed How I Build Serious Software With AI

A deep dive into the GSD plugin for structuring multi-phase software projects with LLMs, from planning to autonomous execution and testing.

· 8 min read
I Vibe Code Every Day Without an Engineering Team. Here Are the 3 Modes I Switch Between
AI Coding

I Vibe Code Every Day Without an Engineering Team. Here Are the 3 Modes I Switch Between

Three modes of AI coding—auto-edit, planning, and GSD—and how matching the mode to the task drives better results without an engineering team.

· 5 min read
The Dangerous Gap Between AI POC and AI Product (And Why We Keep Ignoring It)
AI Takes

The Dangerous Gap Between AI POC and AI Product (And Why We Keep Ignoring It)

Why mistaking an AI proof of concept for a production-ready product creates false time estimates and integration problems, and how teams should use AI better.

· 4 min read
Something Even Faster Than AI Prototypes (My Friend's Brilliant Approach)
Product

Something Even Faster Than AI Prototypes (My Friend's Brilliant Approach)

Why validating an idea directly with real customers as a hidden service beats jumping straight into AI-built prototypes.

· 2 min read
I Woke Up at 4 AM and Became a Vibe-Coding Master (In 6 Hours, Not 15 Minutes)
AI Coding

I Woke Up at 4 AM and Became a Vibe-Coding Master (In 6 Hours, Not 15 Minutes)

A first-person account of building a full-stack app in six hours with AI tools, plus the engineering mindset and patterns that made it work.

· 3 min read