Blog posts

How working with agentic tools surfaced Git worktrees as a practical way to handle parallel work in a single repository.

A conversation with a customer about why AI coding assistants struggle with Scala led me down a rabbit hole - are large language models quietly shaping which programming languages thrive or fade?

Clean, readable diffs for .ipynb files using Git textconv and jq.

Even tiny layout edits in BPMN files can flood Git diffs with XML noise. We built a small Python filter that cleans them up, making reviews faster, clearer, and focused on real process logic.

Now that GenAI tools have settled into daily developer workflows, the question isn’t whether they help - it’s how. The biggest gains aren’t in typing speed but in freeing developers to focus on deeper problem-solving, cleaner design, and better collaboration. Here’s what’s actually changed, and where the next improvements will come from.

An emerging standard for AI systems integration.

An elf from the Ceres monitoring station needs help finding XMAS… or is it X-MAS?

Corrupt memory computer crisis in the North Pole toboggan rental shop!

The reindeer need help analyzing some unusual data from the Red-Nosed reactor logs.