2026

Explore posts from 2026 below.

Agentic CAD vs Gaussian Splats for a Playground

This playground isn't a scan, and it isn't a photo. An AI agent built it as parametric CAD, from forty photos I took on my phone....

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October 5, 2026
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The User Manual Problem

A lot of the agentic coding I do these days is client work, and most of it I can't show. It's commercially sensitive. So when something small and harmless comes along that shows how I actually think...

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October 3, 2026
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Timesheets with Claude Code

For decades, I have wrestled with the same practical problem, how to produce accurate timesheets without interrupting deep technical work every hour....

April 9, 2026
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A Descent Rabbit Hole: From Nostalgia to Source Code Analysis

Frank Krueger (@praeclarum) posted a fun fact on X: "Fun fact: Descent didn't use 3D file formats per se. Instead, 3D models were compiled as x86 assembler doing draw commands." That sent me down a...

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February 7, 2026
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Creating Tools for Representative Test Data

There's a conversation I've had with project managers many times over the decades. It usually starts when an ask for time in the plan to either source realistic test data or build a tool that...

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January 29, 2026
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Stochastic Parrots Are a Good Thing

If you've used ChatGPT or Claude, you've probably noticed something odd. Ask the same question twice, and you get different answers....

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January 28, 2026
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The Agentic AI Opportunity You're Missing While Waiting

I recently watched an A16z podcast featuring the founders of Mintlify, a documentation platform. Though Mintlify targets engineering documentation specifically, what struck me was how clearly it...

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January 25, 2026
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Torq Styled Info-graphics

I wanted to communicate some concepts about getting agentic loops to work reliably in a Teams chat. I had recently come across Anthropic's blog post "Demystifying Evals for AI Agents", and their...

January 24, 2026
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