Enterprise architects love centralization. It’s in our DNA. We see inconsistency across teams and our instinct is to fix it with a standard. One framework. One pipeline. One way. But there’s a principle that suggests a better path. Not centralize everything, and not hands-off either. …

My personal Gmail inbox was overwhelming, and I needed to figure something out. And since it’s 2026, I did what any self-respecting technologist would do: I asked Claude to help me. I connected it to my Gmail, and it looked through my inbox and made pretty great suggestions for what could be …

I cancelled my OpenAI subscription last month. No drama, no manifesto. I’d been running both ChatGPT and Claude side by side for months, and Claude was simply giving me better results: more accurate code, more thoughtful analysis, fewer hallucinations. As a software engineer and enterprise …

I spent this weekend deep in Claude Code, building with AI agents in a way that finally clicked. Not because the technology suddenly got better — but because I stopped treating it like a new thing and started treating it like a team. Here’s the punchline: the agile practices we’ve been …

One of the things I love most about working in technology is finding unexpected ways it can serve other parts of my life. As a deacon, I have weekly responsibilities that require careful preparation—and I recently discovered that Claude skills can help bridge my professional expertise with my …

I’m grateful for the Scout leaders who shaped my path—especially the one who sparked my passion for technology through the Computers merit badge (now retired). Today, I volunteer as a leader with Scouting America, passing forward what I learned. While I love teaching fire building, outdoor …

I’ve been using Claude Code for about a month on a side project, and to say I’m impressed is an understatement. This feels like the next generation of developer assistant that goes far beyond a coding assistant. When we think of a stereotypical rock-star developer, it’s not …