Dev Notes: February 6, 2026
Streamlining Laravel app upgrades, savvy grocery shopping, and discovering snippet expansions
Dev Notes: January 30, 2026
Emphasizing the value of 'brag docs', progress on AI projects, and nostalgic tidbits of my NAS/Plex setup!
Dev Notes: January 23, 2026
Creating time for personal growth, progress on Fine Print Hound, and useful Claude Code & AI tools.
Dev Notes: January 16, 2026
Building Something for My Kids I've been quiet on other projects because I've been heads down on a new side project: Fine Print Hound. My kids are getting...
Dev Notes: January 9, 2026
Back to the Grind The first week back after a long break is always a recalibration. You open Slack and remember how much context you used to hold in your...
Dev Notes: December 19, 2025
Making Music with AI (and Kids) Last weekend I upgraded our Google One account to access Gemini's newer models. The first thing I built wasn't work-related....
Dev Notes: December 12, 2025
Your AI Tools Need Maintenance Too I updated my /pr:review custom command in Claude Code this week. It had been a few months since I touched it. The command...
Dev Notes: December 5, 2025
Standardizing Chaos Quick note: if you replied to a previous newsletter and it bounced, I'm sorry. I had some DNS issues when setting up Buttondown, and...
Dev Notes: November 28, 2025
Gratitude Mode No work this week. I took the whole week off, and it was a much needed break from all the project planning happening lately. I haven't been on...
Dev Notes: November 21, 2025
A Quick Hello Welcome to the first issue of Dev Notes. I'm glad you're here. This is meant to be a conversation, not a broadcast. Reply anytime with...
