Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Shiny's Achilles Heel: The UI/Server Split

  Published: 7 Apr, 2026 |  at  08:00 AM

  The more complex and dynamic your Shiny app gets, the more the UI/server split fights you. My new package irid removes the split entirely.

• A Perfectly Aligned AI Is A Copy of You

  Published: 3 Feb, 2026 |  at  07:00 AM

  The better AI gets at predicting what you want, the less it looks like a tool and the more it looks like you. Maybe that's not something we want.

• AI-Coding a Mobile App and Firmware for My Stationary Bike

  Published: 15 Dec, 2025 |  at  09:30 PM

  I built ESP32 firmware and an Android app for my stationary bike with Claude Code. My honest take on what worked, what didn't, and the agentic-coding skills I picked up along the way.

• I Put an ESP32 in My Stationary Bike

  Published: 30 Nov, 2025 |  at  07:00 PM

  How I turned a "dumb" stationary bike into a smart bike by wiring in an ESP32 and patching into the reed switch sensor.