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Stop Using CLAUDE.md — Put Your Standards Right in the Code

by Justin on Apr 6, 2026

I Love Instructions Files, But They Get Skipped Look, I've been tweaking my CLAUDE.md for months. Adding rules. Removing rules. Refining theread more...

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Your Brain Has 47 Tabs Open. AI Can Sort Them.

by admin on Apr 2, 2026

I Know What I Need to Do. I Just Can't Start Doing It. Look, I've been staring at the ceiling for 20 minutes because my brain has 47 things swirling Read more...

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I Built a Voice Chatbot and Latency Ruined Everything (Until It Didn't)

by Justin on Mar 18, 2026

Voice chatbots broke my brain. Text chatbots? Easy mode - nobody cares if a response takes two seconds. But a 1.7-second pause in a phone Read more...

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How I Vibe Code on My Phone (Yes, Really)

by Justin on Jan 5, 2026

Look, I've been that person frantically searching for my laptop charger in a coffee shop. I've also been the person who had a brilliant fix for a Read more...

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Let AI Find the Bugs You'd Never Test For (Fuzzing with Zero Effort)

by Justin on Dec 12, 2025

Look, I write tests. I'm not a monster. But here's what I realized: Every test I write manually comes from my brain. And my brain has blind Read more...