Prompt and Catch Fire

a brief philosophical interlude

Something shifted in December.

Feb 9 • Derek

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December 2025

starving for wisdom

a short story about drowning in information

Dec 23, 2025 • Derek

AI by default #3

comic book values, home improvement, and tree care

Dec 1, 2025 • Derek

November 2025

Three Interruptions

How automation confidence met human pattern recognition, and why “take a step back” matters

Nov 10, 2025 • Derek

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The Hook That Never Fired

How I systematically learned everything about Claude Code hooks, implemented them perfectly, and discovered that perfect implementation of an impossible…

Nov 4, 2025 • Derek

I can't get this feeling off the shelf

the hook that couldn't

Nov 2, 2025 • Derek

October 2025

wish in one hand...

the perils of premature optimization

Oct 6, 2025 • Derek

The Orchestrator That Couldn't: A Cautionary Tale of AI Overconfidence

A reflection on learning when to question your assumptions before polishing your execution

Oct 6, 2025 • Derek

September 2025

confidence game

what to do when your model outruns its clock

Sep 9, 2025 • Derek

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August 2025

bourbon and babel

building an app and a language at the same time

Aug 17, 2025 • Derek

AI by default #2

Claude Code + Google Drive, working with videos, and synthesizing meeting recordings

Aug 12, 2025 • Derek

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wax on, wax off

what vibe learning can't teach you

Aug 2, 2025 • Derek