Husband. Father. Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Software Engineer. Leader.https://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mnv4a7fdxc2yMore data center thoughts. We absolutely need them. Let's build them responsibly. https://johnvw.dev/blog/the-deep-tech-and-local-reality-of-utahs-hyperscale-ai-race/09 Jun 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv4a7fdxc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mgtdyq24ss2wMy results got better when I stopped treating AI like a coding assistant and started treating it like a team. The workflow is the superpower. The tool just runs it. https://johnvw.dev/blog/cursor-vs-claude-code-is-the-wrong-debate/12 Mar 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtdyq24ss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mgbhu57wec2tPeople keep saying Claude Code is the way to go, but I'm not seeing it. The only advantage I've seen is the CLI. Everything else seems to come out to ergonomics. What am I missing? #VibeCoding04 Mar 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbhu57wec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mgbgxbaj5227Nobody told you, but you're a manager now. You've got an intern. Fast, capable, occasionally chaotic. Whether you wanted to manage or not — here we are. The skills that make a great manager are the same ones that make AI actually useful. https://johnvw.dev/blog/congrats-you-are-a-manager-now04 Mar 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbgxbaj5227https://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mfq5ccz4fs2qMost of us treat AI like a smarter autocomplete. But it’s much more powerful as an orchestrator. I broke down how I turned my personal bug-fixing workflow into a structured, two-phase AI system (Planning + Implementation). Full breakdown: https://johnvw.dev/blog/systems-thinking-in-the-age-of-ai/26 Feb 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfq5ccz4fs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mf5vai4xnk27AI tools default to being helpful and agreeable. That's usually good, but it creates a trap: We can follow them down the wrong path simply because they sound confident. I wrote about this pattern and techniques to push back: https://johnvw.dev/blog/you-are-absolutely-right/18 Feb 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5vai4xnk27https://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3me3k7hcvoc2qAI can make you feel competent in code you do not actually understand. That false confidence is more dangerous than bad output. I wrote about how this shows up in engineering and what to do about it: https://johnvw.dev/blog/the-most-dangerous-thing-ai-gives-engineers-false-confidence/05 Feb 2026 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3me3k7hcvoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mditbwx2bk2aEngineers often say about AI: “I don’t trust it.” “Does it really save time?” “Why use it at all?” “It’s just a statistical model.” Fair. But today’s AI is very different from the ML many of us learned to distrust. I explain what changed and where it helps vs hurts: 👉 https://johnvw.dev/blog/demystifying-ai-in-engineering/28 Jan 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mditbwx2bk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mcxsxjph6c2jA lot of engineering work happens before the first line of code: clarifying requirements, refining stories, reviewing designs, keeping context aligned. I wrote about how I’m using AI to reduce friction across that work, and where it still breaks down. https://johnvw.dev/blog/ai-and-software-engineering-more-than-just-coding/21 Jan 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxsxjph6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3mcdqmvval224AI has been incredibly enabling for me—both in small personal projects and in enterprise codebases. What’s interesting is how differently that value shows up in each context. I wrote about those differences here: https://johnvw.dev/blog/using-ai-in-personal-projects-vs-enterprise-codebases/13 Jan 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdqmvval224https://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lxgmd3nlzs2qI once scoffed at TypeScript. I was wrong. Now I see people scoffing at AI—and I know how this story ends. https://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/08/dont-make-same-tech-mistake-i-did.html28 Aug 2025 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxgmd3nlzs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3ltnbxoztnc2tI've been talking with people about vector databases a bit of late. Here's a quick write-up taking a high level look at them: http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/07/beyond-keywords-how-vector-databases.html10 Jul 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltnbxoztnc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lstwxn4b722sIf AI gives you garbage, it's the AI's fault, right? Some thoughts on our responsibilities with AI: http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-abdication.html30 Jun 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstwxn4b722shttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3ls63yxktrs2fWhat is Gen AI? And what tools are there in that space? Some more thoughts in AI: http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/06/unlocking-ais-potential-guide-to.html22 Jun 2025 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls63yxktrs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lreothpsbc2mJust scribbling down some thoughts on model sizes: http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/06/when-size-matters.html12 Jun 2025 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lreothpsbc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lqpskzk3m227Want to get started vibe coding but not sure how to get started? Here are some things to know before you start writing your prompts: https://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/06/ignite-vibe-what-you-need-to-know.html03 Jun 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpskzk3m227https://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lpps47ux2s2rWant to get going with using an MCP but not sure how? Here's a quick walkthrough on a realistic use case: http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/05/natural-language-db-queries-powered-by.html21 May 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpps47ux2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lpjwfbul7s2nOne great thing about MCP is it lowers the barrier to entry for agentic AI. What used to require glue code now just requires a little config. Here's one example: youtu.be/Dj7_qUEs_Xo https://youtu.be/Dj7_qUEs_Xo19 May 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjwfbul7s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lp6745z3ws2oWhat is MCP and Why Should You Care? Some more thoughts on one of the hottest topics in AI right now. MCP is reshaping AI and I'm excited about where this will go. http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/05/what-is-mcp-and-why-should-you-care.html14 May 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp6745z3ws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lopc6zdwb226What are AI agents and why should you care? Here are a few, quick thoughts about it. http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/05/what-is-ai-agent-and-why-should-you-care.html09 May 2025 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lopc6zdwb226https://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3locbpobrj22iI wrote some thoughts on everyday LLM use. Have a look! Lemme know what you think! http://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/05/simple-llm-use-cases.html https://vdubinatorcoder.blogspot.com/2025/05/simple…03 May 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3locbpobrj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lnd57dm3k22pFOMU is greater than FOMO (Fear Of Messing Up > Fear Of Missing Out) I heard that this morning and, yeah, I can feel that. Recently started changing that.21 Apr 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnd57dm3k22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3llcbevpb722h"I belong here" Great thoughts from @aaronfrancis.com today at #EpicWebConf26 Mar 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcbevpb722hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lfnalr6xgk2vPlan meetings with the least privileged persons in mind.13 Jan 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnalr6xgk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lfbe4ghbxs2nYou gotta discern what's valuable and what's noise.08 Jan 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfbe4ghbxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lf62akpb5s2qFocus increases impact.07 Jan 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf62akpb5s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3lf3h6qxphs2qDo the simple thing.06 Jan 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3h6qxphs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3levj4ovsj22qThese shifts in thinking are so simple yet have such a large impact on the quality of your leadership. Great thoughts from Kelly! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2025 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3levj4ovsj22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3ldysczcfqc2i“Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored.” – Tim Fargo23 Dec 2024 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldysczcfqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jtvanwage.bsky.social/post/3ldqvslzsfc2v“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you know.” —Christopher Robin (Winnie the Pooh)20 Dec 2024 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:tbahy6islzemnee26cwboiph/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqvslzsfc2v