#ai

Over the last few months I've built a couple of tools to help me work with our new AI friends. My favorite one so far is katami (Japanese かたみ for "keepsake"). The best way to explain what katami does is with an example: $ mkdir hey2 $ cd hey2 $ cargo init $ katami claude > Can you set this...

Last week the topic on everyone's mind seemed to be the future of programming. All my friends were talking about it, people I follow were talking about it, and I was thinking about it as well. Then David's (DHH's) Rails World keynote turbocharged the conversation. His talk didn't come as a...

One of my favorite activities is hiking. I'm fortunate to live close to a mountain where I can go for a hike any time I want - often early in the morning, before work. I love the trek over hills and valleys, through forests and streams, the creaking of trees in the wind, the rustling of leaves,...

Last week we had an AI hackathon at work during which we added an MCP server to our Rails app. This was much easier than I expected, the result was both impressive and scary, and I learned a few things about MCP that I didn't expect. Goal My team wanted to help our support team by automating...