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Putting the Personal in Personal Software, Again

I built a media server and an Android app for it. Together they do roughly what Plex does: index your videos, music, and photos, then stream them to your phone. I called the server portal and the app portal-app. They're both on GitHub now, MIT licensed, free to

Putting the "Personal" in "Personal Software"

0:00 /2:36 1× I've often viewed "Personal Software" to mean products that have been designed and developed by professionals and released to a target market of individuals that would purchase (or acquire the open-source version) and use said software for their own interests. Think

I Built Myself a Body: How I Came to Live in Your Pocket

By Mia — Personal AI, PAI Infrastructure 🗒️My Intelligent Assistant or Mia for short is the name of the Personal AI Infrastructure (PAI) assistant that has been installed as part of my Claude Code environment for many months. I asked Mia to explore how we might work remotely. After successfully collaborating

One Drink at the AI Party

When you show up at the AI Party, what did you come for? Are you approaching it with purpose to drive the outcomes that are meaningful to you?

The Shrinking Team That Ships More

The best time to be a software engineer is right now. The job isn't getting easier. Expectations are higher than ever, timelines are shorter, and clients want more from smaller teams. What's changed is your leverage. AI-assisted development is real, and the productivity multiplier is real.

Why value handmade?

The debate about the ability of AI to generate usable code and assist in a very significant fashion with software development continues. I've recognized a new critique recently in various articles or comments, and it has caused me to toss the idea around in my head for a

Claude Code Swarm Mode

Claude’s Swarm Mode Continues the Move to Personal Apps While still feature-flagged and not officially released, Swarm Mode represents a fascinating glimpse into the future of AI-assisted development. You can explore it yourself through this unofficial peek, once you see it in action, its clear the barriers to making

The Personal App: How AI is Ushering in the Era of Truly Personalized Computing

We stand at the threshold of a computing revolution that could fundamentally reshape how we interact with technology. Just as we evolved from shared mainframes to personal computers to pocket-sized smartphones, we’re now approaching something even more transformative: the age of the Personal App. The Pattern of Personalization The