This was a fun little experiment. I one-shotted a prompt: “based on how we’ve interacted since I’ve been using ChatGPT I want you to tell me what you know about me?” Here is what it said… 1. Your Professional Profile You operate at the intersection of technical depth and commercial strategy. You are not just … Read more
Back in the 1930s, Australian sugar farmers had a beetle problem. The cane beetle was destroying crops, so someone had a clever fix: import the cane toad from South America. These toads were known to eat beetles, so the logic seemed solid. Release a few thousand, let nature do its thing, problem solved. It didn’t … Read more
Posted without comment so that you can see what an AI post-mortem looks like. For all those folks who let your coding agents run off and do things, this is an example of where they can get lost. Environment: Cursor, Ruby on Rails 8, Tailwind CSS, Hotwire/Stimulus/Turbo. Executive Summary A layout issue (sidebar appearing below content instead of … Read more
One of the challenges that’s come up repeatedly in the Rails app I’m building is managing access to features effectively. With multiple user roles and types and a growing set of capabilities (thanks in part to easier access to coding tools) I needed a way to control who sees what, without constant code deploys or … Read more