Writing
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- How I Built a Coding Platform from ScratchBuilding
2026
- Build your own toolsNote
Building a tool for one task is now cheap, so I build a lot of them.
- Software for oneNote
I built two apps for myself in one day. Both fit exactly how I work.
- It's never doneNote
Most of what I care about is an infinite game.
- What Your Agent Sessions Say About Your Project
Coding agents write down everything and nobody reads it back. Why I built Ronda, and what your own sessions tell you about the problem you are solving.
- Never trust your browser tabsNote
Tabs are not a research system. I learned that with 120 of them.
- Building a Coding Agent from Scratch
How a coding agent can be built: a 15-line loop at the center, and the tools, permissions, and recovery that make it usable.
- Why Coding Agents Need a Process
Why I built Branch, a CLI that installs an idea-to-ship workflow for coding agents as skills.
- Build thingsNote
Anyone can build what they want now. That still gets me out of bed.
- Outwork the roomNote
Talent varies. Effort is a choice, so there is no excuse not to be the one who works the most.
- Just do itNote
If something excites you, do it. Optimize for energy.