Productivity in a capitalistic society is a drug. Every bit gained, another hungry mouth to feed. To start 2026, we’re talking about Claude Code and Anthropic.

Did I write those two sentences as a dramatic hook to my first blog post in… checks web.archive.org… 13 years!?!? Yes. Yes, I did.

But personal branding is important and I haven’t done much in a good, long while. So, here I am. The One of All Trades. A software engineer with a background in Desktop Support, Systems Administration, DevOps Architecture (it’s not just code!), burnout, and now, finally, Agentic Programming.

Why AI?

Or, perhaps, more accurately, why now? Why take up the pen again? Because for the first time in many years, I’m excited by the state of affairs in my field.

It’s genuinely fitting that the last time I wrote like this was over a decade ago. My life changed a lot between now and then. Forgive me this deviation but I did read through a few old blogs posts and I never held back there so, this is my website, you get me.

At any rate, somewhere in the last decade my profession became a boring cycle of watching budgets shrink and expectations rise. I’ll withhold my opinions on why and how that happens because we should stay in this moment. The point is, AI changes the game. No one can argue against it by this point. We haven’t seen all the impacts of this. But again, let’s stay in this moment.

If you are an AI/Agent Coding/Prompt Engineering/etc Doubter… Stop it. You will wake up one day (or maybe you already have) to find the world moved on without you.

If you can’t stomach that, get out. Find a different field. I’m sorry.

If you want to learn to stomach that? Decide on a budget.

Congratulations, you’re now the owner of your own startup.

AI Breaks Capitalism. I’m so excited to help move it along. That’s why I’m back.

Well, Now You’ve Lost Your Gourd

Again, not going to spill all the beans in one, long rambling post. I need to give you all a drip so you’ll come back. This is also my recording of my process. Because Good Engineering deserves to be in the Open.

In practicality, if you follow along with any software I publish here, YMMV. I do not expect to be talking about one-size fits all solutions. I don’t think they exist yet. But the tools to make Every Human on Earth a Programmer do exist. And the more we build, the more we contribute, and the more we share with our communities, the stronger our communities become and we build a better world.

Okay, fine, maybe you’re on to something.

Let’s talk what you’ll need. As of this writing, 1 Feb 2026, you need a Claude Code subscription, a GitHub account (or make it hard on yourself and use a different git hosting provider, idc), and the willingness to engage with what I post. Don’t just share it. I don’t care if anyone ever uses this stuff (see also, all software is Unlicensed) but if you DO use it?

Give me feedback. Struggle with it. Throw away whole branches of work because the tools suck or you didn’t understand something. Make GitHub Issues about problems you fix just by spelling out the problem in excruciating detail!

My goal with the Claude Code tools I publish is to enable Processor-Bound Development. Plans so good, processes so directed, validation so prompt, review so thorough, infrastructure so reliable, your next idea is ready at the speed of your processor (+/- Internet speeds for Claude chatter).

I want in.

Remember that budget? I’m developing on the Claude Max 5x plan. That’s $100/month. But, it got me a job. And then I spent several days (processor time) refining the system. And now? Now, I think it can help people write software. I think you need to “know software” to some extent to understand the intention behind the system. But future posts will cover all the specifics.

If that’s steep, you can develop on the $20/month plan. But this system won’t work outside of Claude Code right now. It probably will in the future but the ecosystem isn’t there yet. (Future post!)

Oh, you don’t “know software”?

Get in touch! Maybe I can build something for you and helping support it or educate you on it. At the very least, I do think there’s a world where tools exist to help you go from idea to prototype. And if they don’t exist yet, let’s get to building!

Claude Plug-n-Play Microservices

  • react-template
  • fastapi-template
  • consumer-template (Under development)
  • mobile-template (Entering planning phase, YOLO’ing this as an experiment)
  • cli-template (Learning golang, reach out if you have good Claude configs/agents!)