I name my AI sub-agents after people who inspire me—not whimsy, but a practice for remembering who the work is actually for.
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After four decades of writing code, I still feel like an impostor. Not because I can't solve problems, but because the mechanical act of typing them has always been excruciating. Until now.
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Six weeks after the rebuild, the crisis is over. Here’s the focused roadmap—EBT access, delivery tools, and quiet reliability—for community-run, multi-grower markets.
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How I used code-aware tools to multiply my reach (tests, docs, audits) while keeping humans in charge of architecture, business logic, and quality.
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Launching with 3,000 passing tests still led to two weeks of production bugs—fees, permissions, Stripe, email, and a thousand cuts. How I triaged 314 fixes, kept markets running, and what I’d change next time.
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How I translated a 19-year Rails monolith to SvelteKit—TypeScript services, Drizzle, subdomain multitenancy, role-based auth, secure theming — without downtime.
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By 2025, LocallyGrown.net faced extinction on Rails 3. The story of constant firefighting, failed upgrades, and the impossible choice to rebuild or die.
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The origin story of LocallyGrown.net - from failed cooperative to pioneering agricultural platform serving 100+ markets across North America.
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Years ago I was given my first prescription for daily brain meds...
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I lost my best boy Sunday morning...
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