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hey, dave here

Building with AI, in public.

Practical guides, weird experiments, and notes from the field. No hype, no funnels, no twelve-step frameworks.

stare at this for 30 seconds

The site should feel like something.

Not a content farm. Not a SaaS landing page. Something that's clearly made by a person who has actual taste.

SHIP IT READ MORE VIBE CHECK

BUILT by hand NOT BY VIBES

Every component on this page is a single Astro file. Pure SVG and CSS, zero JS, scoped, and reusable. Open one up.

fresh from the lab

Three things I'm obsessed with right now.

01

Context engineering

Why "prompt engineering" is the wrong frame. What to put in the context window, what to leave out, and how to test it.

read the guide →
02

The three-prompt pattern

The repeatable scaffold I use for almost every meaningful AI workflow. Interview, articulate, audit.

read the guide →
03

Building in the open

Tools, scrapers, audits, and tiny side-quests — shipped messy, documented after.

see the lab →
the palette

Already in global.css.

Carolina Blue#4B9CD3
Blue Dark#2E7EBB
Cream#FDF6E3
Cream Paper#FFFEF9
Electric#FF4D6D
Ink#1A1A2E