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What Mattered While Building Mercury Command

A brief thread on the engineering choices behind Mercury Command, from user approval and live account data to scoped AI instructions and saved chat history.

27 days ago

Tech

Claude Bought Me a Car

I had Claude email 20 car dealerships and negotiate over $2,000 off MSRP on a car no dealer in California would budge on.

4 months ago

Software Engineering

TanStack Route Jumper — A VS Code Extension I Built

A VS Code extension that lets you instantly jump to any route's source file in TanStack Router projects.

5 months ago

Software Engineering

Next.js Route Jumper — A VS Code Extension I Built

A VS Code extension that lets you instantly jump to any route's source file in Next.js projects.

5 months ago

Finance

YNAB for the Middle Class

YNAB is an exceptional budgeting tool, regardless of your income level

over 3 years ago

Tech

How I Set Up a New Mac

These are the first things I do when I set up a new Mac

over 3 years ago

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