Cleaning out my terminal closet

Getting a new laptop and setting it up from scratch made it easier to delete probably 80% of my installed apps and scripts, etc.

On agentic coding...

Current thoughts, tips and tricks from my experience coding with AI agents since they were first released to the public and how they've changed since then.

Using the terminal for more than it's intended

Why let GUIs have all the fun?

Estimating with a "yes, and..."

When presented with a hard deadline, consider committing to some version of what's wanted instead of saying it can't be done.

Best practices aren't always the best choice

There are good reasons to choose what your industry considers the "right way to do something." But every choice has a tradeoff. And as a professional, you shouldn't just blindly follow what others are doing.

My first thoughts on Playwright

I'm probably going to start using Playwright as my go to end to end testing framework for the foreseeable future.

Things to consider before starting an Elixir/Phoenix project

A non-exhaustive pros and cons list of the Elixir and Phoenix framework ecosystem, gathered from a few weeks of building an MVP.

Testing environment variables in an Elixir/Phoenix application

Use the Application.put_env method to override environment variables for your unit and integration tests.

Handling environment variables in Elixir/Phoenix applications

A simple approach to setting configuration values using environment variables in an Elixir/Phoenix application.