The Long Tail of Bespoke Software: What Gets Built When the Marginal Cost of Code Drops
The Long Tail of Bespoke Software: What Gets Built When the Marginal Cost of Code Drops

When AI agents drop the marginal cost of writing code to near zero, the most interesting first-order effect is bespoke automation that was never economically viable before. Here is what that looks like in practice.

May 5, 2026 Read
Who Wrote This Code? Authorship and the Specification Crisis in AI-Assisted Development
Who Wrote This Code? Authorship and the Specification Crisis in AI-Assisted Development

When a 200-word prompt produces 500 lines of code, who 'wrote' it? Code review becomes the new authoring, and software engineering's specification crisis is finally visible.

May 4, 2026 Read
A Taxonomy of Claude Code Prompt Shapes (and the Anti-Patterns That Waste Tokens)
A Taxonomy of Claude Code Prompt Shapes (and the Anti-Patterns That Waste Tokens)

Six Claude Code prompt shapes that work, plus the anti-patterns that waste tokens. Generate, refactor, debug, explain, orchestrate, review, with one real example of each.

May 3, 2026 Read
Is Claude Code a 5th-Generation Language? What "Just Describe What You Want" Really Means in 2026
Is Claude Code a 5th-Generation Language? What "Just Describe What You Want" Really Means in 2026

Claude Code matches the textbook 5GL definition: describe what you want, the system figures out how. The agentic layer on top is what is new in 2026.

May 1, 2026 Read
How I Built a Self-Hosted Personal Finance Dashboard With Claude Code
How I Built a Self-Hosted Personal Finance Dashboard With Claude Code

I built a self-hosted personal finance dashboard in 12 days with Claude Code, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Tiller, and Docker. Here is the architecture, data pipeline, and what actually worked.

April 11, 2026 Read
Graphify Review: I Tried It on My Codebase With Claude Code
Graphify Review: I Tried It on My Codebase With Claude Code

Graphify builds a codebase knowledge graph for Claude Code. I tried it on my own project: the idea is real, the daily workflow is still rough.

April 11, 2026 Read
Modernizing This Site for SEO and UX
Modernizing This Site for SEO and UX

I recently modernized this site with stronger SEO foundations, better internal linking, responsive images, and a proper light, dark, and system theme model. The work is done, but the real question is whether it actual...

March 21, 2026 Read
Azure Functions in Containers vs PaaS: Which Should You Choose?
Azure Functions in Containers vs PaaS: Which Should You Choose?

A practical comparison of Azure Functions in containers vs PaaS, including tradeoffs around scaling, control, portability, and operations.

February 8, 2023 Read
What Are 5th Generation Programming Languages?
What Are 5th Generation Programming Languages?

A 5th generation programming language (5GL) lets you describe what you want instead of how to do it. This guide covers all five programming language generations with examples, from machine code to AI-powered coding to...

February 7, 2023 Read
Solid Series: Comparing Interface Segregation With Open Close in C#
Solid Series: Comparing Interface Segregation With Open Close in C#

How the Interface Segregation and Open/Closed principles overlap and differ in C#, with examples that show when each leads to better design.

February 3, 2023 Read
Solid Series: Interface Segregation Principle in C#
Solid Series: Interface Segregation Principle in C#

A practical look at the Interface Segregation Principle in C# and how smaller interfaces reduce coupling and improve design.

August 26, 2022 Read
Solid Series: Open Close in C#
Solid Series: Open Close in C#

A practical C# example of the Open/Closed Principle and how it supports extensible designs with fewer code changes.

December 12, 2020 Read