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Civic technologist and AI assisted builder creating tools that make complex systems more inspectable. I write about hackathons, product judgment, agent readiness, and learning in public.

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"Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge" Completion
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GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge Completion
Algolia Agent Studio Challenge Completion
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Open AI Build Week: Foundation First, Software Second

Open AI Build Week: Foundation First, Software Second

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AWS Weekend Agent Challenge: Daybreak

AWS Weekend Agent Challenge: Daybreak

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MLH x DigitalOcean Hackathon: Jury Duty, Explained

MLH x DigitalOcean Hackathon: Jury Duty, Explained

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Fable 5 Hype: Fangirling with Datasets to Build a Lakers Dashboard

Fable 5 Hype: Fangirling with Datasets to Build a Lakers Dashboard

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AI For Fun! Électrique Chats for Hack the Kitty, Built with Kiro.

AI For Fun! Électrique Chats for Hack the Kitty, Built with Kiro.

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Breaking Build: Kiro and Claude delivered exactly what I asked, and it wasn't what I wanted

Breaking Build: Kiro and Claude delivered exactly what I asked, and it wasn't what I wanted

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Predictions first, data later: seven hot takes on AI agent readiness before I scan 50 sites.

Predictions first, data later: seven hot takes on AI agent readiness before I scan 50 sites.

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An Instagram ad promised me a free AI course. Was it a scam?

An Instagram ad promised me a free AI course. Was it a scam?

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My website has two audiences now. I only built for one of them.

My website has two audiences now. I only built for one of them.

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I Built a Hermes Agent to Tell Me Which Hackathons to Enter. It Told Me to Enter This One.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

I Built a Hermes Agent to Tell Me Which Hackathons to Enter. It Told Me to Enter This One.

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Build Club Week Four: the part of Themis Lex I never explained

Build Club Week Four: the part of Themis Lex I never explained

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Build Club Week Two: The PRD doesn't catch everything

Build Club Week Two: The PRD doesn't catch everything

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I always worried my READMEs disagreed with my own repos. So I built README Clew.

I always worried my READMEs disagreed with my own repos. So I built README Clew.

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Week one: no code, just the work that makes the code possible

Week one: no code, just the work that makes the code possible

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Pourquoi Pas? I Built a Petit French Learning App in a Weekend

Pourquoi Pas? I Built a Petit French Learning App in a Weekend

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STEEP: Your repo's fortune, steeped in truth.

April Fools Challenge Submission ☕️🤡

STEEP: Your repo's fortune, steeped in truth.

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Do you work here? I flew to Albuquerque to speak at a national conference. Someone asked if I worked the door.

WeCoded 2026: Echoes of Experience 💜

Do you work here? I flew to Albuquerque to speak at a national conference. Someone asked if I worked the door.

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I Planned an Exit Strategy. I Stayed the Whole Time.

WeCoded 2026: Echoes of Experience 💜

I Planned an Exit Strategy. I Stayed the Whole Time.

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I Didn't Always Understand What I Was Building. That Was the Point.

Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge

I Didn't Always Understand What I Was Building. That Was the Point.

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Me? A Semi-Finalist in the AWS 10,000 AIdeas Competition? Here's What I Built

Me? A Semi-Finalist in the AWS 10,000 AIdeas Competition? Here's What I Built

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Anton Clew — Stop AI From Committing Regret

GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge Submission

Anton Clew — Stop AI From Committing Regret

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Clew Quest: Intelligent Project Discovery with Algolia Agent Studio

Clew Quest: Intelligent Project Discovery with Algolia Agent Studio

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From Jury Services to AI Builder in 6 Months

New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Submission

From Jury Services to AI Builder in 6 Months

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