Don’t Automate the Fun
I approved my own PR and felt nothing. Over-delegating to AI didn’t just make my work fragile — it made it boring. The fix wasn’t using less AI. It was flipping who leads.
Don’t Automate the Fun
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Software developer by day, skateboarder when I can escape, dad 24/7. I write about code, the AI revolution, and staying sane while the industry reinvents itself. Skateboarding keeps me grounded. Fatherhood keeps me humble.
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