AI Agents: The Gap Between Keynotes and Reality

Every tech keynote features AI agents that autonomously handle complex tasks. The demos are impressive. The reality is different - and that’s actually fine, once you calibrate your expectations.

AI Doesn’t Fix Bad Taste

Building things is easier than ever. Knowing what’s worth building isn’t. The bottleneck shifted from execution to judgment, and that’s a harder problem to solve.

Prompt Engineering Is Just Requirements Gathering

The skill that actually matters with AI tools isn’t clever prompting tricks. It’s the same boring skill that’s always separated useful projects from disasters: knowing what you want and being able to say it clearly.

VPS Backups with Restic and Cloudflare R2

A complete guide to setting up encrypted, provider-independent VPS backups using Restic and Cloudflare R2. Because your data shouldn’t be held hostage by your hosting provider.

Vibe Coding, AI and Pronoia

AI coding assistants didn’t just make development faster - they fundamentally changed who gets to build things. Here’s what happens when the barrier between ‘I want to build this’ and ‘I built this’ collapses.