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Field notes on engineering clarity, building in the open, and the frameworks powering jeremiah.dev.
Jan 11, 2026I Built an AI Clip Tool in 5 Hours. Here's What Happened to My LinkedIn Reach.
I spent 5 hours building a Python CLI tool that automates content distribution from YouTube to social platforms. My LinkedIn impressions went from 21 to 7,837 in three weeks. Here's the technical breakdown of the 6-step automation pipeline and what the real metrics looked like.
Jan 5, 2026I Built Authentication for My SaaS This Week. Here Are 4 Things I Learned the Hard Way.
I built authentication for Zenergy this week and ran into 4 problems most tutorials skip: AI-generated code security audits, free database branching, Postgres-based rate limiting, and custom auth emails. Here's what I learned.
Jan 4, 2026How I Gamified My Portfolio: Building a Custom "Life Heatmap" and Vibe Coding My Dev Setup
I got bored of generic portfolios, so I built a GitHub-style heatmap that tracks my life—and here’s how I built it with Sanity CMS.
Dec 24, 2025Built a startup for 5 months. Got 0 users. Would do it again.
I spent 5 months coding my dream startup. The result? 0 users. Here is a brutally honest post-mortem on why failing to talk to customers first was a fatal mistake.
Dec 15, 2025I Don’t Want to Be a Software Engineer Like This Anymore
I still enjoy building software, but I don’t want to spend my career grinding tickets and fixing tiny UI bugs. This is me thinking out loud about software engineering, sales, marketing, and what I actually want to build next.
Nov 10, 2025Why I’m Relearning C++ After Years in Startups
After years of working at fast-paced startups that never tested my algorithm skills, I realized I’d drifted from the fundamentals that first made me fall in love with coding. Here’s why I’m diving back into C++—not for a job, but to rebuild the way I think as an engineer.