Jev Isn't an LLM, and That's the Point

I tested TypeSafe's new Jev model against two years of my own journal entries, and the whole thing cost three cents. Here's what it got right, what it missed, and why it's 26x to 131x cheaper than reaching for an LLM.

How I Cleared the Claude Certified Architect Exam, and What Actually Helped

How I prepared for Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect exam, what actually helped, and how I passed with 865/1000.

Slay the Spire 2 - Video Games I Love

82 hours in and still no burnout. A deep dive into why Slay the Spire 2's deckbuilding, roguelike structure, and character design keep me hooked.

Obsidian - Links, Bases, and a Rabbit Hole

Why I love Obsidian — the local-first philosophy, internal links, Bases, and a small Python bridge I built to pull my data into Polars

Building AMY — a persistent memory layer for LLMs

Amy is a MCP server that gives Claude a persistent, graph-based memory — no embeddings, no vector store, just Neo4j and local markdown files.

Gamifying My Life: How I Built an AI Game Master

I built elaborate knowledge systems with RAG and Neo4j. I tracked everything meticulously in Obsidian. But I still wasn't motivated to actually write. So I turned my life into an RPG with an AI game master—and it's working.

Building a Cricket Scraper for My Obsidian Vault feat. Google Antigravity

Building CricketCLI with Google Antigravity took an hour. It was impressively fast and strangely hollow. Here's what I learned about AI-assisted development.

The Missing Link: How LUNE Solved My Consistency Problem

After building Emma and Clara for note-taking, I realized the bottleneck wasn't my tools—it was my consistency. LUNE uses daily rituals and structured prompts to finally solve the human problem in my productivity system.

A Lazy Saturday Upgrade: Adding RAG to CLARA

CLARA could query structured data perfectly but struggled with contextual questions. Adding RAG solved this, creating a hybrid system that understands both facts and feelings.