Revisiting Plai Ball for the new season
With the start of baseball season, I revisited https://www.plai-ball.com/ for the new year. It was my first AI coding project, and it’s amazing how far things have come in a year.
enable-cors.org
I recently updated https://enable-cors.org with the help of Claude Code. AI is simultaneously perfect for updating a site like enable-cors.org and completely eliminates the need for a site like enable-cors.org.
Do you want me to...?
AI assistants are often eager to jump to the finish line. You’ll iterate once on a design, and it immediately offers to “implement the whole thing.”
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
A new NYT article details why reading is declining: schools assign fewer full books, test scores are historically low, and students struggle with complex texts.
Why Speed Matters
When I think of moving quickly this Simpsons scene comes to mind. Daniel Lemire’s post does a better job of articulating why speed matters. Its not about moving quickly just to get more done, its what that speed unlocks.
Replai Review Newsletter
My latest vibe-coding project: a weekly automated newsletter that recaps NFL games. More than just a scoreboard, this was an end-to-end exercise in building an automated pipeline from data scraping to delivery: https://monsur.hossa.in/replai-review/
AI Interview Success at Canva
I wrote earlier about Canva embracing AI in their interview process.
Using AI to uncover security bugs
Using AI to uncover security bugs is a hot topic right now.
Claude Code & Checkpoints
Claude Code released an update, and one of the new features is checkpoints.