AI & Modern Tools.
Most people over 40 are quietly worried they're already behind on AI. You're not. But the window is open right now — and most of the content out there won't help you through it. 13 years as a senior developer. A second brain that follows me everywhere. A production website built in two days. What I actually use, what I actually ignore, and why someone with real technical depth sees these tools completely differently than the people just demoing them. No code required. Zero patience for nonsense.
Read the playbook.
I Built an AI Setup That Outlives Every Model
The models leapfrog each other every few weeks. Here's how I keep my AI's memory in plain files I own, so switching tools costs me nothing.
The First Thing You Should Do With Claude: Give It a Memory
Claude starts every chat from zero, so it guesses about you — and guessing is why the answers come back generic. The fix isn't a better prompt. It's a Master Statement: one conversation that makes Claude actually know you, in every chat after.
How I Edit My YouTube Videos with Claude and Remotion
From raw footage to a polished 4K video — audio normalized, transitions in, captions timed to the transcript, and a thumbnail — mostly through conversation with AI.
The Frontier
One short letter every Sunday. The week's best move across the five pillars. No filler, no ads.
Other pillars.
- 01→Self-SufficiencySolar, water, food, the skills that pay rent in any future.
- 02→Financial IndependenceCredit, Roth, real assets, the math of escape.
- 03→Health & EnergyKeto, metabolic reset, the energy you wrote off as gone.
- 05→Life ReinventionThe second act is real. The third one too. Here's the proof.