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High-quality agentic code.

A working community for developers shipping real AI work. Weekly videos, live workflows, and the field notes that don't fit in a newsletter.

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No More Slop Code

It's the number one issue that senior programmers face, when using AI tooling: it writes crappy code.

Apr 27, 2026Watch now →

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02 / catalog

Courses, blueprinted to ship.

Long-form video walkthroughs of real work - not toy demos. Pick one, work through it, ship better code on Monday.

01 / 09

35 lessonspremium

The AI Pro

Critical AI skills for staying on top of this industry. Self-paced, no fluff.

02 / 09

21 lessonspremium

AI for Developers With Deadlines

Get yourself or your team up to speed quickly with the modern AI toolchain.

03 / 09

33 lessonspremium

Rails Revisited

Migrating a modern JS site back to Rails - and why Rails might still be the best.

04 / 09

31 lessonspremium

The Imposter's Frontend Accelerator

JavaScript frameworks are powerful - but learning them sucks. Here's the shortcut.

05 / 09

28 lessonspremium

PostgreSQL Fundamentals

A deep dive into Postgres using real NASA data from the Cassini mission.

06 / 09

34 lessonspremium

Computer Science Fundamentals

Companion to The Imposter's Handbook - CS for self-taught programmers.

03 / dispatches

The latest from the field.

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aiFEATURED

Look Bro, I Know How to Write Good Code

One challenge I have, doing what I do, is getting into "discussions" with enterprise engineers who like to throw the weight of their enterprise position at me. This happens a lot. Especially when discussing AI.

Mar 16, 2026 №002

aiFEATURED

Making Productivity Turing Complete

The last three weeks of my life have not been easy as I struggle to adjust to my new reality of doing 5 to 10 things at once. This can't live in my head, and I need a system.

Mar 2, 2026 №003

The Token Police

When discussing things like OpenClaw or frontier models like Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 with 1M token windows, programmers start to get jittery...

Feb 23, 2026 №004

opinion

Becoming The Wolf

You need to be on the cutting edge of AI if you're going to survive this wave. The hype cycle has ended, and we're now into the transition, and I'm talking to your boss.

Feb 18, 2026 №005

claude

Let Go, Let Claude

My mind can't seem to handle just how much I can get done with AI. Right now, I have 3 tabs open in iTerm, each of them running different Claude Code processes. I don't know how much more of this I can take...

Feb 11, 2026 №006

career

The Ground Has Shifted

I'm building out a fleet of applications to power my business. I would never try this kind of thing in the past, but now with Claude Code... what the hell.

Jan 27, 2026

04 / volumes

Books that read like stories.

VOL. 01

The Imposter's Handbook

Years of teaching myself the subjects that go into a CS degree: computation, complexity, encryption, blockchain, algorithms, data structures, lambda calculus.

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VOL. 02

A Curious Moon

PostgreSQL the fun way. Assume the role of interim DBA at a startup and explore real Cassini mission data on your way to Saturn.

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VOL. 03

The Imposter's Roadmap

Moving up to a senior role means mastering source control, code reviews, DevOps, project management - and most of all, other people.

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