~/architecture
Your .NET Monolith Might Be the Best Place to Start Using AI
Existing systems can be excellent proving grounds for AI-assisted development.
jim@coding:~$ latest
The engineering log.
Software architecture, systems, AI, and production lessons—presented with terminal discipline, not terminal nostalgia.
$ cat featured.md
The Half-Life of AI Developer Tools Is Getting Shorter
The interfaces change quickly. The engineering principles worth keeping do not.
jim@coding:~$ grep durable principles.txt
abstractions > vendors
workflow > novelty
feedback > hype
judgment > autocomplete
jim@coding:~$ _
abstractions > vendors
workflow > novelty
feedback > hype
judgment > autocomplete
jim@coding:~$ _
~/design
Single Responsibility Principle
One reason to change, expressed without ceremony.
~/data
SQL Server Performance Notes
Plans, indexes, statistics, and what production actually revealed.
~/systems
Linux Systems Archive
Command-line notes, migrations, scripts, and infrastructure archaeology.
$ ls archive/
2008/
2010/
2012/
2014/
2016/
2018/
2020/
2022/
2026/