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All essays tagged side-projects.
A decade-old side project, six major features, one week. How spec-driven AI-assisted development compressed months of work into a focused sprint on a real codebase with real constraints — and where the AI got it wrong.
★Back in January I wrote about OpenClaw as a concept. That post was the theory. This one is the implementation. One month running a dedicated EC2 instance, a name, and an agent I genuinely rely on.
★From 'users want commute alerts' to 1,800 lines of shipped, App Store-ready code in a single coding session. A deep dive into architecture, edge cases, and what AI-assisted iOS development actually looks like.
★After testing every productivity app under the sun, I did what any reasonable engineer would do—I built my own. Two open-source, privacy-first task managers to help procrastinators like me get things done.
★Reflecting on a decade of staying hands-on in tech, fueled by curiosity, side projects, and a desire to never stop learning.
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