Author of “Conjuring Code”, podcast / blog / book on AI-assisted engineering for non-developershttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mtlt5bbh622sYou get into some weird places when you're writing a book about AI-assisted software engineering.21 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlt5bbh622shttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3msdnfkdfos2hNew podcast episode out today with Metarelating founder Michael Porcelli on how he’s building his own toolbox: https://conjuringcode.com/podcast/06-michael-porcelli Lots of fascinating stuff here around what’s possible when we’ve got a personal “jack of all trades” camping out in our back yard.05 Aug 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdnfkdfos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3moo2gx2idc2gThe phrase "a calculator for agency nursing costs" might not inspire your curiosity, but I promise, this conversation with Jonathan Milton will—he took the deep knowledge he'd built up working in health care and used it to help other people, which is pretty rad. https://conjuringcode.com/podcast/05-jonathan-milton19 Jun 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo2gx2idc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mmq4jk7poc2kIs it just me, or is there no speech-to-text model capable of hearing “latent space” correctly? I get “Layton space”, “late in space”, etc. I’ve corrected it approximately 2 million times.26 May 2026 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmq4jk7poc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mmc3raruys2dExcited to share episode 4 of the Conjuring Code podcast, with the excellent Jim Hanas. Jim spent his career in publishing, and he hadn't been "under the hood" of technology in twenty years. Now he's launched smallpressinsights.com. I love his 3 principles for building (slow, thoughtful, clear!)! https://conjuringcode.com/podcast/04-jim-hanas20 May 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc3raruys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mkssgxo7zk2jNew episode of the Conjuring Code podcast is out today, with the delightful Sharon Klardie: https://conjuringcode.com/podcast/02-sharon-klardie01 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkssgxo7zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mkb7fjpihk2dAfter a very frustrating couple hours, I have to say it was very nice to be able to just take a do-over and get a better result. That's not something one used to be able to do. https://conjuringcode.substack.com/p/do-over24 Apr 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb7fjpihk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mjzpviyjws2nLaunching a new podcast today: conjuringcode.com/podcast It's about building apps with AI, if you're not a software engineer (also known as AI-assisted engineering, vibe coding, etc). Love to hear what you think!21 Apr 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzpviyjws2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mdblsjgm7k2rCreating software you care about with AI is a potent form of anti-slop. conjuringcode.com/anti-slop https://conjuringcode.com/anti-slop25 Jan 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdblsjgm7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/conjuringcode.bsky.social/post/3mdbad6bh2k2cconjuringcode.com/flying https://conjuringcode.com/flying25 Jan 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:a6iqwt47r2sarvi7ymprwanf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbad6bh2k2c