AI & Automation

AI tools, Claude Code, automation, and AI-assisted workflows

  • New Blockchains

    Over the last week I ran into a difficult problem to solve with my B lockagram application that I have been working on for the last few months. It required some deep thinking. I spent three days with some sensory deprivation to really focus my thoughts and avoid even the slightest distractions. An eye mask…

  • Brewing Beer Again

    It’s been a while since I last did any homebrew beer but for some reason I had the motivation to put on a new brew when I got back from vacation.  Nothing fancy, just a simple kit. The one new piece of equipment I got was a conical fermenter.  The Fermentasaurus is a pretty neat…

  • Blockchain is more profound than you realize

    After understanding the basics of handling money and what is a broker and what do they mainly do, I have now been getting serious about crypto-currencies and blockchain technology at an accelerating pace for several years now. The more I think about the implications of a decentralized protocol for money and the exchange of value…

  • Taking Daily Notes

    One of the productivity hacks I tried this year was to keep a physical notebook with daily handwritten todo items following the Bullet Journal idea. It became part of my morning routine to try and think of 3-4 things I wanted to get done each day.  I’d refer back to my monthly goals every few…

  • More Blockchain Shenanigans

    Over the last couple of weeks I have been spending more time understanding blockchains and researching various alt-coins.  I purchased a hardware wallet and transferred my existing investments into it. In an effort to really grasp the concepts I implemented a simple block chain application.  It is at it’s core a very simple idea.  A…

  • New Car

    It took nearly 4 months from the time we made a down payment at the Kia dealership until taking possession of our new Kia Niro.  It didn’t seem like it was that exotic of a car that it takes 1/3rd of a year to deliver one.  But now we have what is probably the only…

  • Maintaining Focus and Passion

    My current side project is a bit bigger in scope than I had imagined when I set out my goals at the beginning of the year. With any large project it can be difficult to stay focused and passionate about continuing to work on it. For this project, the more I think about it, the…

  • Brainstorming Week

    After reading Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future I was pretty charged up and inspired to start working on something more long term and meaningful. Since the book was published Elon has also gone on to create several more businesses that weren’t mentioned – OpenAI, The Boring Company, and NeuraLink.…

  • Web Design Fallacies and the Failure of CSS

    Having the experience now of building dozens of different web sites over the years I have come to the conclusion that there are some major flaws in how web design is done and the underlying assumptions have proved inadequate to make web design better. The first of these is the about CSS.  The goal of…

  • Best way to learn Machine Learning

    I’m going deeper in my learning about how to successfully implement machine learning algorithms this year by initally doing a survey of all the resources out there for learning this stuff. It is a fast moving area of expertise and as such newer techniques and tools wont be covered in older books or tutorials. MOOCs…