

Streamlining Blog Writing with Claude Code: My Complete Workflow
Introduction For over 25 years, Iโve blogged through countless iterations of my writing and technical processes. Recently, Iโve found something that makes writing enjoyable again: Claude Code. This isnโt another โAI will replace writersโ story. Itโs about how AI can enhance creative expression by handling the tedious parts of content creation. Crucially, it helps me overcome the final hurdle: actually publishing. Most of my posts start as first drafts that never see the light of day. Now, my Robot Buddy guides me through the entire process, from idea to execution. In this post, Iโll walk you through my complete workflow from initial idea to published post, showing exactly how Claude Code integrates with Hugo, my static site generator of choice. Youโll see real screenshots, actual commands, and the genuine collaborative process that happens when human insight meets AI assistance. ...
Agile vs Economic Downturns
Is the Economy derailing your Agile Transformations? Economic uncertainty hits. Layoffs are all over the news and productivity suffers. Every time, I see people wanting to blame the loss or productivity on budget cuts and layoffs. That is the short term impact, but I see longer term harm playing out. Teams that were thriving on collaborative decision-making suddenly go quiet. The same people who were debating sprint priorities and pushing back on requirements start waiting for marching orders from above. ...
The Weapon by Fredric Brown
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ตโ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ. ...
We Finally Care About Context
I was reviewing an older repository during a production incident the other day and couldnโt figure out what sections of the code were doing or what the overall system looked like. Itโs so frustrating to be in undocumented code. Software documentation is a mature pillar of engineering these days. The tools are there, the patterns exist, the documentation standards are well-established. We justโฆ donโt do it. Why donโt we when there is documented correlation between high performing engineering teams and open and accessible codebases? ...
The Lost Art of Casual Conversation
I love taking the train to New York. Itโs one of the few places left where you can strike up a genuine conversation with a complete strangerโor so I thought. The other day, waiting on the platform for the NYC train, I fell into conversation with a friendly, grey-haired man who turned out to be a biology professor. We swapped stories about our kids: his son was diving into Python for machine learning, my daughter was studying virology. One of those lovely, serendipitous encounters that makes me appreciate Philadelphia. ...