poiesic (poh EE sick): Of or relating to creation or production

Welcome 2026

2 min read

The last two years have been hard. The kind of hard that makes you want to demand to speak with life’s manager so you can punch them in the throat. I’m not going to catalog the specifics because this isn’t that kind of post and you’re not my therapist. But 2024 and 2025 tested me in ways I wasn’t prepared for. There were times where I wasn’t sure that I’d be equal to the challenge.

Gifting Models Long-Term Memories

4 min read

In the few hours a day I’m not spending on building Collabchek I’ve been hacking on a personal AI chat client. I’ve used several and the one that’s come closest to what I want has been sigogden’s very cool aichat project which I encourage you to check out. I’ve liberally borrowed several good ideas from their code.

As I’ve explored I’ve come to realize my requirements are somewhat unique.

Namespacing Container Stacks

1 min read

Here’s a quick hack I came up with while experimenting with git worktrees and multiple coding agents and dealing with pod naming collisions when bringing up multiple copies of my local dev stack.

Making Claude Code Efficient

2 min read

tl;dr Install these tools

Here’s the priority order for maximum impact:

  1. ripgrep, fd, gh - These transform search and git workflows
  2. golangci-lint, goimports, gotests - Go development gets SO much smoother
  3. gofumpt, staticcheck - Polish that code to a shine
  4. jq, bat, fzf - Quality of life improvements you didn’t know you needed

Claude will use these if installed. Since most/all are much faster than the built-in tools they replace it’s a clear win.

Your Thoughts Are Now Training Data

2 min read

From: chad.sigma@thrallco.com
To: all-employees@thrallco.com
Cc: executive-leadership@thrallco.com; hr-compliance@thrallco.com
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 4:47 PM
Subject: [MANDATORY] Thought Leadership and Innovation Acceleration Initiative - ACTION REQUIRED BY MONDAY

In our relentless pursuit of operational excellence, we are excited to announce a groundbreaking new policy to accelerate our evolution into an AI-native organization. Effective 8am Monday, all internal dialogues will henceforth be externalized and expressed at full volume as we take our first brave steps enacting our Open Mind, Open Door policy.