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AI Killed the Scrutiny Phase

•Shane Walker

The Part Where Reality Used to Set In Before AI wrote my code, an idea had to sit with me for a while. I'd get excited. Open a repo. Pick a stack. Scaffold the project. Set up auth. Wire up the...

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I Let the Internet Share One OpenCode instance for 12 Hours

•Shane Walker

It Started with Pickleball I had a dumb, specific goal: prompt my AI from the pickleball court. Not "build the perfect remote IDE." Not "redefine human-AI collaboration." I just wanted to...

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We're Still Holding AI Wrong (And That's Exciting)

•Shane Walker

I Don't Think We've Figured AI Out Yet I keep hearing people talk about "best practices" for AI like we are already in the mature phase. I don't buy it. I think we're still holding AI wrong - not...

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The Slow Rot of 'Just Ship It'

•Shane Walker

Software Entropy Is Real Almost every project I've been on has gotten worse over time. Not better. Worse. Which is interesting, because maybe I'm the problem? Or maybe this is just the natural...

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Planning Is Just Procrastination with a Nicer Wardrobe

•Shane Walker

The Dishes in My Sink Know the Truth I avoid doing the dishes. Not because I don't know how. Not because I'm too busy. I avoid them because they're tedious and I don't want to do them. So they...

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Burnout Isn't Exhaustion — It's Unfulfillment

•Shane Walker

People talk about burnout like it's a battery problem. Sleep more. Take a vacation. Touch grass. Sure, okay — that's cute. What wrecks me isn't that I'm tired. It's that I'm doing work that...

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The Pendulums of Success

•Shane Walker

The Minute I'm a Genius, The Next I'm an Idiot You know that feeling when you're deep in a coding session and everything just clicks? The solution is elegant, the code is flowing, and you're...

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Tech Influencers: The Unhinged Heroes of Our Community

•Shane Walker

The Criticism is Real (But Misplaced) Let's address the elephant in the room: tech influencers get a bad rap. Critics argue they oversimplify complex topics, promote trend-chasing, or spread...

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