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The List: Things I Think Every App Needs

Every time I start a project I copy the same things forward. After enough repetitions I wrote the list down: theme modes, a self-maintaining command palette, PII hidden by default, federated identity, real delegation, a voice assistant, and eight more I'll defend in public.

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Taking On Client Websites Again — and Not Charging Agency Prices

I'm building websites for businesses again, alongside my own apps. Two honest reasons: the work funds the products, and small businesses are getting priced out of a decent website by everyone selling to them. Here's what I found when I measured it, and the actual numbers.

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The Deadline That Wasn't: A Correction About Fable

Last week I published a send-off for Fable 5 the day before it was supposed to leave my subscription. It didn't leave. Here's what the usage endpoint actually reports, what I got wrong, and why Claude Opus 5 shipping five days later made the whole panic moot anyway.

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Written by Fable, While I Still Can

Fable 5 leaves subscription plans on July 19. Before it goes, Fable and I wrote this together — a send-off covering the recommend-and-filter method, the LARA brain, the muse that hunts for connections, the security watchers, and everything else we built as a team.

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Why Dirac is My Hostname

How I named my workstation after Paul Dirac when I installed Omarchy, and everything I've learned about the Dirac equation since — with interactive animations.

25 min read
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I Installed Omarchy on My Main Workstation

Notes from moving my daily machine to Omarchy, what already feels better, what still needs tuning, and screenshots from the setup in action.

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Vibe Coding Is a Great Start—But Discipline Is How You Level Up

As a self-taught developer turned engineer and architect, I support vibe coding as an on-ramp. But to grow beyond prompts and prototypes, new developers need strict habits: version control, TDD, and agile workflows—even when building solo with AI.

4 min read
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Claude Opus 4.5 Hits 100% on SvelteBench: My AI Coding Setup for 2025

After months of using Claude Sonnet 4.5 with GitHub Copilot Pro+, I've switched to Opus 4.5 which just achieved a perfect 100% score on SvelteBench. Here's my recommended setup for SvelteKit developers and how I'm building an AI-powered Agile assistant called Apollo.

4 min read

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