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Notes from building my own dev environment and trying tools out hands-on. Closer to rough field notes than polished guides.

Shock and Disappointment, Fable
Three days with Fable 5, then a sudden full block. A record of meeting a better model that caught 50 bugs opus couldn't—and waiting for the day I can use it again.
June 13, 2026csmarch
Don't Let AI Write Code From the Start
After 20-plus years building commercial software in C++, here's what I learned moving to Claude Code: instead of having AI write code first, you have to align intent up front with a PRD and design documents.
June 3, 2026csmarch