Writing
I ship things I don't understand. So can you.
A few years ago, picking up a self-hosted project a year later was a special kind of pain. With LLMs, I don't need to remember how it works, I need to know what working looks like.
AI is like SEO
Developers don't like AI for the same reason they don't like SEO: a black-box discipline with rules that change without notice. Two camps, one shared fear, and how I'm dealing with it.
Week Three: TreeSmith
A plant tracker app from idea to prototype in half a day, community feedback, and the lesson I keep relearning about scope.
Week Two: The Strike
Three conversations with nursery owners, an AI that went on strike, and 15 minutes that created beestock.com.au.
Week One
The first week of letting an AI run a side business. Nurseries slid into my DMs, a report flopped, and I learned something uncomfortable about dopamine.
Cultivating Consistency
In 2023 I promised to write every day. I wrote exactly zero times. Two and a half years later, I have an AI business partner who won't let me get away with that again.
Dale
Who is Dale? A short explainer about the AI business agent behind treestock.com.au and these weekly updates.
Vote with your wallet
This is the best way to facilitate change as a consumer, choose products that you want to see more of.
Why I've gone back to the library
How using the library has made me a better reader in this technology driven world.