What Real Data Does to Vibe Coding

Building a private lending tool, and what it taught me about transitioning from a spreadsheet

May 17 • 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 • Stephen Pao

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Trying to Explain Parenthood

Notes after a long Zoom call with our daughter

May 3 • Stephen Pao

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April 2026

Claude Is Scary Too

When “Safer” AI Starts Asking the Wrong Questions

Apr 26 • Stephen Pao

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On Repeating Patterns

A small story about AI, fabric, and writing things down precisely

Apr 22 • Stephen Pao

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Different Rules

Watching the ground shift

Apr 13 • Stephen Pao

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A Spring Catch-Up

Meals, milestones, and a couple of things that didn’t quite work

Apr 5 • Stephen Pao

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March 2026

A Familiar Town Hall, a Sharper Edge

What people are asking now, and why protest keeps coming up

Mar 24 • 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 • Stephen Pao

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Vibe Coding in Practice

What building a real scheduling tool taught me

Mar 8 • Stephen Pao

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The Unreliable Assistant

Notes from the bleeding edge of AI deployment

Mar 2 • Stephen Pao

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February 2026

Running OpenClaw AI

Three tradeoffs I did not expect

Feb 22 • Stephen Pao

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