All Posts
Mostly AI applications, prompting, workflows and model choice, plus a few front-end notes. Newest first.
Start creating- Posts
- 18
- Topics
- 6
- Last updated
- 2026-09-15
Jun 2026
5 posts
Getting Models to Return Clean JSON: Four Structured Output TrapsThe real traps are rarely about format. They're about fields: the JSON parses fine, the content isn't what you asked for.Structured OutputThe More AI Writes for Me, the More I Worry I'm Faking ItAI lets output run ahead of understanding. Code that works and a plan that sounds right don't mean you actually get it.EssayAI Tutors Are Hot, but Teaching Is the Wrong Job for ThemOverrated: personalized instruction replacing teachers. Underrated: getting teachers out from under repetitive work.Education AIGiving the Model Examples: Four Counterintuitive Things About Few-ShotExamples beat a pile of adjectives. But the wrong ones are worse than none, because the model learns the traits you never noticed.Few-shotClaude Code: A Practical Command HandbookFrom slash commands to pipe scripts, the Claude Code commands that actually earn their keep every day, collected into a handbook you can copy from.Claude Code
May 2026
11 posts
Writing Agents with Claude Code: Where Context Should FlowThe hard part of building an agent isn't orchestrating tool calls. It's deciding what goes into the context at each step.AgentA Prompt Is Not a Spell: It's a Spec for the ModelWrite your prompt like a task brief you'd hand a coworker. You get output you can count on.PromptOpus, Sonnet, Haiku: How to Actually Pick OneUse model families to form a shortlist. Let your own task set determine the default and the conditions for upgrading.Model SelectionWiring Claude Code Into the Release Flow: 5 Real CasesThe value of Claude Code isn't in the flashy demos. It's in folding high-frequency chores into one stable, reusable workflow.Claude CodeMinimalism in Front-End DesignWhitespace, restraint, content first. That's what Apple taught me.DesignRAG Is Not a Silver Bullet: When to Use It, When Not ToStuffing every question into a vector store won't make your AI smarter. It might make it dumber.RAGContext Engineering: Getting the Model to Work Like a ColleagueOutput quality isn't set by a single prompt. It's set by what you show the model and what you hide, step by step.ContextIs a Longer Context Window Always Better? Four Overlooked CostsA 1M context window sounds great. Actually ship with one and you find out longer is not better.ContextVue 3 Composition API: Practical Tipsref, reactive, computed — which one to pick, in one read.VueThe Limits of AI in Medical ImagingMedical imaging was one of the first places AI actually shipped. Accuracy was never the thing holding it back.Healthcare AIWriting Quant Research with an LLM: A New Tool for AnalystsAI can't replace an analyst's judgment. It can replace 80% of the formatting grunt work.Finance AI
Apr 2026
2 posts