Some of my recent thoughts on design, development, and the tech industry.
Build Today, Learn Tomorrow: In Defense of the Slop Fork
I forked a React library, pointed AI at it, and got a Vue port working in an afternoon. It's a slop fork. It works. I'll take that trade.
The Effort Didn't Disappear — It Changed Shape
AI removed the need for typing, not the need for skill. The gap between idea and product is growing, and the people who recognize that are building things actually worth using.
Replacing a 15MB Calendar Dependency With 76KB of Our Own
How replacing Bryntum Calendar exposed the cost of heavyweight UI dependencies, and how a rough internal Claude plugin helped speed up the migration.
