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The Infrastructure You Forgot to Build

The Infrastructure You Forgot to Build

Simon Willison ported 9,000 lines of Python to JavaScript in 4.5 hours using Claude. That's fast. But the port itself? Disposable. The code shipped, the problem got solved, the work moved on. The infrastructure he built wasn't the JavaScript. It was the documentation. While

The Friction You Forgot Existed

The Friction You Forgot Existed

Let's Encrypt is ten years old. The friction it eliminated was so complete that most people never knew it existed.

The Model That Doesn't Phone Home

The Model That Doesn't Phone Home

Capable AI models now run entirely in your browser. No API keys, no accounts, no vendor dependency. That changes the calculus of what you can build.

Reinforcement Is Presence for Agents

Reinforcement Is Presence for Agents

Agents degrade without ongoing attention. Reinforcement—feeding context back at tool boundaries—is how you maintain coherence in agentic systems.

Design for Succession: Infrastructure That Survives You

Design for Succession: Infrastructure That Survives You

Companies die. Projects end. Good infrastructure survives both. Here's how to design systems that communities can take over when you disappear.

Verification as Velocity: The Missing Step Before Automation

Verification as Velocity: The Missing Step Before Automation

AI systems optimize fastest where success can be verified automatically. Before asking AI to solve something, ask if you can programmatically verify the solution.

When Building Gets Fast, Saying No Gets Harder

When Building Gets Fast, Saying No Gets Harder

AI-assisted development accelerates MVP creation, but speed increases feature creep pressure rather than reducing it. The bottleneck shifts from implementation to focus.