A new look
Serif text, fewer boxes, and more space for the work and writing.
Writing
Field notes on backend architecture, developer tools, infrastructure, and learning in public.
Latest
3 recent entries
A performance review of how I use AI
What I do well with AI coding agents, where my habits cause problems, and what I want to change. A personal review based on two assessments of my chat history.
Full Page: capture a complete page in Brave
A Brave extension that captures a complete web page as one PNG, with a local preview and no image uploads.
Archive
12 older entries
2026
6 entries
Uppa: A Small Uptime Monitor at the Edge
A self-hosted uptime monitor and public status page built for Cloudflare Workers.
Bopop: press, type, go
I built Bopop, a keyboard-first launcher for macOS. Local-first, no Accessibility permission, zero dependencies. Free and open source.
Claude Code Tips
A growing list of practical tips for developers running Claude Code day to day. Small settings and habits that make the agent faster, cleaner, and less noisy.
Claude Meter 2.0: Your Claude Usage, Now With Energy
Claude Meter 2.0 reimagines your Claude usage as energy you have left — a playful redesign with a card per account and make-it-yours customization. Free and open source for macOS.
Meet Claude Meter — Know Your Claude Usage at a Glance
I wanted to see my Claude Code usage before hitting the wall. So I built a macOS menu bar app — and learned that picking the right data source matters more than the parser.
The Eight Levels of AI Adoption
A practical guide to how AI goes from answering questions to running systems. Most people say they 'use AI' when they mean they ask ChatGPT questions. AI adoption has levels.
2025
1 entry
Introducing TypeID PHP
Type-Safe, Sortable Identifiers for Modern Applications
2023
3 entries
The Spectrum of Software Makers
From no-code to Python to assembly language. As a software maker aspiring to build a business, what's your game plan?
Laravel Skeleton
The Laravel Skeleton offers a rapid and efficient way to start a new project by scaffolding a Laravel app with minimal setup.
They said PHP is dead
PHP in the Modern Web: A Relic or a Resilient Force. Here's my 2 cents.
2022
2 entries
Scale to Millions of Users
How to design a system that supports millions of users? What are the challenges to scaling it up to serve millions of users?
Database Primary Key
Choosing a database primary key between big integers, ordered UUID, and nanoid.