Development

Initial Lessons Learned with Agentic Programming

My journey through four phases of learning to work effectively with AI agents—from failed attempts at prompt engineering to discovering a process that actually delivers production-ready code.

Why Build a MUD in 2025?

Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) are text-first, real-time multiplayer worlds that predate modern MMOs. In 2025, building a MUD might seem contrarian, but it’s exactly the kind of project that rewards strong engineering, clean contracts, and a relentless focus on player experience. I’m building one as both a learning lab and a playable product.

Home Lab Setup

In this post, I offer an overview of my home lab setup, detailing the hardware and systems I use for testing and development. From Ubiquiti routers to Raspberry Pi clusters, I explain how each component is configured and managed using Ansible for automation. I also walk through my process for bringing new systems online and maintaining a hands-off, streamlined environment.

Create Static Website on AWS with CDK

Another bad Win7 Mobile decision – Developer Tools

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 developer tools installation fails on Windows Server 2008 R2, despite being a common development environment.