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Lots of colorful interweaving threads that eventually end up in a knit pattern. I think theres some subagent analogy to be drawn here.

How Subagents are Built

Subagents are one of the most important primitives when it comes to harness engineering so lets peruse what exists and compare them.

Closeup of a honeycomb with some intense orange lighting. IDK what I was going for with this when I originally picked it.

You're probably using Agent Skills wrong

But thankfully for you I'm smart enough to show you how its done

Abstract visualization of parallel computing workflows branching and converging

Scaling With Agents

With Claude Code, you're a CTO now - not an artisanal coder. How I'm breaking down work into agent-friendly chunks and using CI/CD pipelines to unlock infinite parallel compute.

Abstract grid of a randomised swirl.

Using Code Agents Effectively

Building with AI agents is far from simple, here is everything I've found to get great results.

Black and white photo of an escalator leaving the DC metro full of people.

Working With Recruiters

Things I've learned over dozens of engineering interviews over the past few years.

A close-up, abstract image of white paper sheets curled and layered to create a wavy, textured pattern.

Project Breakdown

Building My Own Newspaper

Writeup on my personal newspaper that I made in Rust

Conceptual image representing the tension between AI automation and human connection in job interviews

Interviewing with AI

AI has fundamentally broken the interviewing process, creating an arms race where both sides automate away the human connection that makes hiring decisions meaningful.

Double Pendulum

Double Pendulum

Quarto (which this blog is built on) recently added support for Observable JS, which lets you make really cool interactive and animated visualizations. I have an odd fixation with finding new tools to visualize data, and while JS is far from the first tool I want to grab I figure

2024

All of my new tools and other findings from 2024.

Diagram showing the Ghost and Quarto logos connected by a CI/CD pipeline

Combining Ghost and Quarto (The Lazy Way)

How I combined my Ghost Blog and my Quarto Blog into one unified blog that gets the best of both platforms.

A scrap pile of old computer hardware

Technical Breakdown

ScrapNAS

Build a ScrapNAS with spare parts! Learn about FreeNAS, Ubuntu, Windows, and Unraid for your DIY NAS and discover why Unraid is the ultimate choice for a reliable and flexible home server.

Moon Cannon: Prelude

Moon Cannon: Prelude

🔥Important Note This post ended up being more elementary than I initially thought it would be, but the last post on this blog was from 2 years ago so I’m going to send it. Getting to a satisfying MVP for this project was a larger undertaking than I thought,

A Porsche Carrera driving away with a hand out the window waving goodbye.

Review Featured

Goodbye Hey.com

Why I stopped using an app that I am deeply in love with.

The Rat Race is Linear

The Rat Race is Linear

My experience with negotiating salaries and how it isn't as straightforward as a win as I once thought.

Porsche Cayenne in front of a lit up Waffle House sign at night

Porsche Cayenne

1 Year With My 958 Diesel Porsche Cayenne

My experience of my first year of ownership of a 958 Diesel Porsche Cayenne

Simple Stock Bot End-of-Life

After over 5 years my Simple Stock Bot is being sunset. The popular Telegram and Discord Bots will soon no longer work.

US Government Report Featured

Biden Admin Declares War on C++

Breakdown of the White House Report calling for the adoption of memory safe programming languages and the adoption of software security measurability.

A person wearing a sheet that looks like a ghost standing in an empty street

Ghost is a little empty without Email

Ghost is the go-to platform for independent publishing. However, its SaaS model is pushing its reliance on Email which is hurting self hosting.

A rocket engine lays horizontally on a flatbed structure with wheels, ready to be transported.

Vulcan and BE-4 Inaugural Flight

Explore the landmark ULA and Blue Origin launch at Cape Canaveral, a defining moment in space exploration.

Stylized depiction of a binary search. A bookshelf made in excalidraw.

Technical Breakdown

Beli: Rating Has Never Been So Good

Comparison of current rating methods popular on the web alongside a technical breakdown of a new novel rating algorithm used in the Beli App.

A row of VHS tapes on a shelf. They are all labelled in pen.

Media Needs Preservation

The bad guys are winning, and if they have their way the mouse will be the only piece of media to survive the 20th century!

Classic cars displayed in a large garage.

Porsche Cayenne

This... Is my Cars and Bids Review

Cars and Bids ranks pretty highly based on my AnsonScore. An in depth look at buying at the popular new auction site.

A plug unplugged and dangling.

APIs Are Temporary

Discover the risks of relying on third-party APIs. Learn valuable lessons about API dependencies and planning for change.

Machine Learning Directed Study: Report 2

Machine Learning Directed Study: Report 2

Gathering Data To get started on the project before any scans of the actual debris are made available, I opted to find 3D models online and process them as if they were data collected by my team. GrabCAD is an excellent source of high-quality 3D models, and all the

Machine Learning Directed Study: Report 1

Gathering Data To get started on the project before any scans of the actual debris are made available, I opted to find similar 3D models online and process them as if they were data collected by my team. GrabCad is an excellent source of high-quality 3D models, and all