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Hey, I'm Joseph
I'm a software engineer now focused on building software engineering systems. I live in Austin, TX with my fam and dog. I rant about technology or whatever else is on my mind. More about me →
Recent Posts
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Building the Agentic Economy: My Second Brain Powered by OpenClaw
How I built a swarm of specialized AI agents that wake up at 6am, check my email, curate my news, and operate as a second brain — all running locally on plain text files.
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Stop Giving Your Agents a Task List
The best AI agents don't follow a checklist — they internalize your goals. Anthropic's model spec shows us what that looks like at scale.
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The token economy of software work: three roles that will matter next
Why software work is shifting toward orchestration, infrastructure, and domain translation—and what that means for careers and companies.
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Claude Sonnet 4.6: Opus-Level Performance at 1/5 the Cost
Anthropic's Sonnet 4.6 closes the gap with Opus on coding and computer use benchmarks while staying at $3/$15M tokens. Here's what the numbers mean for builders.