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Long-form posts on building software with AI, on Apple-platform engineering, and on the practice of working as a senior engineer in 2026.
- Electric Shadows: The Paradox of Human and Machine Perception For years, we have debated whether artificial intelligence can truly perceive or understand our world. But this focus overlooks a deeper, more unsettling truth: we don't actually live in the world ourselves, but in a biological rendering of it—a dark room interpreting external signals, much like the processors we build.
- The Next Panel: Why AI Isn't the Death of Craftsmanship Every generation believes it is witnessing the death of real craftsmanship to new tools. History shows the tools change, but the core of the craft simply moves elsewhere.
- Compared to Whom? The Hallucinations We Call "Conversation" We love to criticize AI for hallucinating, but a closer look at human conversation reveals we do the exact same thing. Who is truly holding the higher standard?
- From Frustration to Function: Building Niche Tools in Minutes Ever wasted hours looking for that one specific tool that does exactly what you need? The bottleneck used to be 'does this tool exist'. Now the bottleneck is 'have I bothered to describe it yet'. I’m building niche tools for you—let me know what you need.
- The Illusion of LinkedIn Formatting: Why Your Bold Text is Actually a Trick Ever wondered how people write in bold or italics on LinkedIn? It’s not a real feature—it’s a Unicode trick that messes with screen readers. Here is how it works and why you should use it sparingly.
- The 2 A.M. Trap: Why Crypto Trading is Behavioral Science, Not Math Most people treat crypto trading as a math problem, but building an automated DEX whale-watcher proves it's actually a behavioral experiment with real money attached.
- Skin in the Game: Why Prediction Markets Outsmart Polls A look at why platforms like Polymarket accurately called the last US election when traditional pollsters failed, and what "skin in the game" means for finding the truth.
- AI in Action: Why I Built My Own Website From Scratch In a world of instant website builders and endless AI theory, there is still immense value in building your own platform from scratch. Here is why aiia.li exists.
- Beyond the Buzzwords: Deconstructing the AI Agent Anatomy Everyone is talking about AI agents, but the terminology has become a chaotic mess. By breaking down the architecture into skills, tools, and hooks, we can see that the 'magic' of agents is actually a grounded engineering challenge of wiring systems together.
- The 10-Minute Truth: Using AI to Spot Fake LinkedIn Profiles LinkedIn has a billion profiles, but how many are actually real? I ran an OSINT audit on my own profile to see what AI-powered due diligence reveals about professional credibility.
- The Three-Week Shelf Life of AI 'Expertise' AI advice often expires faster than the milk in your fridge. In a world where models evolve weekly, the most important skill is checking the date and the version.
- The 2023 Prophecy: Why AI’s "Fictional" Timeline is Suddenly Feeling Very Real For years, we treated AI predictions as science fiction. But a look back at a 2023 experiment reveals a timeline that is hitting its marks with unsettling precision, leading us toward a massive philosophical crossroads.
- The 12-Second Palm Reader: Why No Job is "Safe" from AI A craft that survived thousands of years was just replaced by a single prompt. If a palm reader's intuition can be compressed into an API call, what's next?
- The High Cost of "Later": Why Technical Debt is Your Quietest Crisis “We’ll clean it up later” is a trap that halves your development speed. Discover why clean architecture isn’t just for idealists—it’s for businesses that want to keep moving.
- Vibe Coded Twice: Why You Should Throw Away Your MVP and Rebuild with AI Stop refactoring your 'vibe-coded' mess. The fastest way to a clean codebase is throwing the first version away and letting an AI agent rebuild it from an abstract.md.
- Europe is a Country: The High Cost of Confident Hallucinations When AI confidently labels Europe a country, it reveals a deeper crisis. What happens to collective truth when misinformation scales through the tools we trust most?
- The Shipping Gap: Why Your "Senior" Architect Might Be Your Biggest Bottleneck Many senior developers drift toward process and away from code. Discover why hiring someone who still actively ships on Apple platforms is the key to building a product that lasts.
- The AI Mirror: When Productivity Tools Force a Moment of Truth AI is often seen as a tool for efficiency, but a single prompt can create a confrontation with your past that no productivity app was ever designed for.
- The 40-Year Full-Stack Edge: I Build, You Sell After 40 years of shipping code for everything from banking apps to AI agents, I’m looking for the missing piece: the dreamers who can sell and the visionaries with an idea.
- The Power of "No": Why Your Prompts are Producing Mediocre Results Stop micromanaging your AI. Discover why adding constraints—telling the AI what NOT to do—is the secret to high-quality outputs and how PUCO automates this process.
- The Limerick vs. The Agent: Why AI Lost Its Soul We traded emotional resonance for autonomous agents. Somewhere between a badly rhymed poem and a complex content pipeline, we lost the room.
- Beyond the Prompt: Stop Using Your AI Like a Selfie Camera Most people use AI for basic emails and code, but they’re barely scratching the surface. Discover how PUCO unlocks the full creative potential of your digital co-pilot.
- Printing Fame: The Fractional Reserve Banking of Attention Reach isn't always earned; sometimes it's manufactured. Exploring the world of shadow accounts, algorithm hacks, and why 'noise' is winning—and what that means for your long-term reputation.
- From Specialist to Holistic: How AI Filled the Gaps I Couldn't For years, being a 'decent' developer meant living with professional blind spots. This is a look at how AI agents like Antigravity and Cursor are raising the ceiling for experienced engineers by turning fragmented skills into a holistic powerhouse.