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What Real Data Does to Vibe Coding
Building a private lending tool, and what it taught me about transitioning from a spreadsheet
May 17
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Stephen Pao
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Building a Gratitude App I Wanted to Use
Why I ended up making a small, shared journaling tool instead of adopting another platform
May 10
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Stephen Pao
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Trying to Explain Parenthood
Notes after a long Zoom call with our daughter
May 3
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Stephen Pao
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Claude Is Scary Too
When “Safer” AI Starts Asking the Wrong Questions
Apr 26
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Stephen Pao
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On Repeating Patterns
A small story about AI, fabric, and writing things down precisely
Apr 22
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Stephen Pao
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Different Rules
Watching the ground shift
Apr 13
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Stephen Pao
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A Spring Catch-Up
Meals, milestones, and a couple of things that didn’t quite work
Apr 5
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Stephen Pao
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A Familiar Town Hall, a Sharper Edge
What people are asking now, and why protest keeps coming up
Mar 24
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Stephen Pao
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Separating Meaning from Voice in Product Marketing
How AI enables a clearer division of responsibilities, and where that division breaks down
Mar 16
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Stephen Pao
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Vibe Coding in Practice
What building a real scheduling tool taught me
Mar 8
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Stephen Pao
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The Unreliable Assistant
Notes from the bleeding edge of AI deployment
Mar 2
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Stephen Pao
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Running OpenClaw AI
Three tradeoffs I did not expect
Feb 22
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Stephen Pao
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I Switched My Internet Provider
It Will Not Be Enough
Feb 15
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Stephen Pao
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Teaching a New Assistant How to Be Useful
Lessons from a day of configuring OpenClaw permissions and constraints
Feb 13
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Stephen Pao
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