When Docker Says 'not found' But ls Says 'it's right there': A glibc/musl Comedy of Errors
You know that moment when your computer is gaslighting you? When you run ls inside a Docker container, see your executable sitting there with perfect permissions, but when you try to run it, the shell just shrugs and says “not found”? Welcome to my Saturday morning. The Setup: A Simple Go + TailwindCSS Build I was working on a straightforward Dockerfile for a Go web app that uses TailwindCSS. Nothing fancy—just download the tailwindcss binary, make it executable, run it to process some CSS, and move on with life. ...
The Factory Must Grow... And So Must Your Engineering Intuition
Factorio is more than a game; it’s a powerful tool for training your engineering intuition. Discover how it mirrors the challenges of software development and why you should be playing it.
Rethinking AI in Education: Veritasium and Cognitive Science
My Notes after watching Derek Muller’s talk on AI in education. As someone working in EdTech, especially focusing on what we can do with LLMs, you hear it constantly: AI is going to “revolutionize” education. Personalized tutors, instant feedback, access like never before – the whole pitch. But I caught a talk recently by Derek Muller – you know, the Veritasium guy – and he offered this really grounded take that hit home for me. It’s making me rethink the hype and actually consider the cognitive science underneath it all. ...
The Zen of Vibe-Driven Testing: Why Your Unit Tests Should Just Chill, Man
Jokes follow… Please don’t yeet code with assert(true) into production based on this article. In the high-pressure world of software development, we’ve all been doing it wrong. Forget test-driven development. Forget behavior-driven development. It’s time to embrace the revolutionary approach of vibe-driven testing. Let me introduce you to the enlightened path: unit tests that consist exclusively of assert(true). This groundbreaking methodology guarantees 100% test coverage with minimal effort. Here’s why you should join the movement: ...
AI Plays: The Elevator Saga
Ever tried Elevator Saga? It’s that addictive JavaScript challenge where you control elevators to transport impatient virtual humans. Sure, you could spend hours crafting the perfect algorithm… or you could do what I did and let AI handle the heavy lifting. Tools Claude 3.5: Model I prefer for generating code and specifications. It’s like having a coding buddy who never sleeps. Whisper: For transcribing my ramblings into something resembling a coherent spec. LLM: A command-line tool to interact with AI models like Claude and generate code from my documentation and spec. My Lazy Developer Workflow I built a four-step AI pipeline that took me from “what even is an elevator API?” to passing the first four levels with minimal effort: ...