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Evolving with the Tools

Evolving with the Tools

After 16 years of writing code, I fought the idea of AI agents replacing developers until I discovered they could amplify rather than replace me. This is my journey from skepticism to embracing Claude Code as a pair programmer who speaks fluent bash and transforms how I ship software.

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Coding With My Eyes Wide Shut

Coding With My Eyes Wide Shut

At WorkOS's AI onsite and MCP Night, I experimented with vibe coding. What started as a two-hour experiment with 5,000 lines of unseen TypeScript became a glimpse into programming's future.

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mcp
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ai
2024 Review - A Year of Growth and Change

2024 Review - A Year of Growth and Change

A brief review of 2024 and what I'm looking forward to in 2025.

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career
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conferences
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community
On Leaving Meta

On Leaving Meta

From imposter syndrome to shipping features used by millions, here's what I learned during my year as a remote engineer at Meta.

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career
Seven Years of JS Party: A Personal Reflection

Seven Years of JS Party: A Personal Reflection

A personal reflection on seven years of JS Party as the show transitions into its next chapter with dysfunctional.fm.

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community
JS Party Will Be in NYC at React Summit!

JS Party Will Be in NYC at React Summit!

We're conducting interviews and having fun learning about React!

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community
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conferences
I'm emceeing SquiggleConf

I'm emceeing SquiggleConf

SquiggleConf is a web devtools-focused conference in Boston.

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community
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conferences
Speaking at Conferences

Speaking at Conferences

My thoughts on preparing to speak at conferences.

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speaking
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conferences
2023 Review

2023 Review
Digging through my tool box

Digging through my tool box

A deep dive into my tooling setup on the JS Party podcast

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neovim
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tmux
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git
An introduction to codemods

An introduction to codemods

Refactoring with effortless consistency.

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typescript
John and Nick discuss Lazy.nvim

John and Nick discuss Lazy.nvim

John and Nick are back to discuss switching to a new plugin manager for Neovim.

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neovim
Code Review: Obsidian Clipper

Code Review: Obsidian Clipper

John Christopher and I sit down and do a code review together.

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git
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typescript
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obsidian
How I use git worktrees

How I use git worktrees

simultanous branches for truly scattered development

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git
Git Your Way: includeIf

Git Your Way: includeIf

Implement finer control of your Git configuration.

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dotfiles
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git
Codemods: Effective, automated, Refactoring

Codemods: Effective, automated, Refactoring

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javascript
tmux for Presentations

tmux for Presentations

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tmux
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vim
Neovim

Neovim

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vim
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neovim
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dotfiles
vim + tmux - OMG!Code

vim + tmux - OMG!Code

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vim
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tmux
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dotfiles
NEJS Conf - We're hosting a conference!

NEJS Conf - We're hosting a conference!

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javascript
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community
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nebraskajs
The Dojo Toolkit - NebraskaJS Lincoln

The Dojo Toolkit - NebraskaJS Lincoln

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javascript
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dojo
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talks
Frontend testing - Omaha Coffee & Code presentation

Frontend testing - Omaha Coffee & Code presentation

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javascript
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testing
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talks
Git: Managing hooks

Git: Managing hooks

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dotfiles
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git
Git: Update a forked repository

Git: Update a forked repository

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dotfiles
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git
Leapcopter

Leapcopter

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javascript
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hardware
Git Workshop

Git Workshop

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git
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workshop
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talk
Lint JavaScript on Commit

Lint JavaScript on Commit

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javascript
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git
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jshint