I build AI that ships in production, run the people-side of getting it adopted across a team, and teach the next generation of builders to do both. Here I write about AI hiring and recruiting from the inside, and where AI actually lands in the real world.
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Turn a dusty Kindle into an always-on AI dashboard
Five Kindles, four gathering dust. I turned one into a 24/7 e-ink dashboard for my AI usage stats: a static page + free GitHub Pages hosting + auto-refresh. Includes a copy-paste template and every trap I hit — grayed-out browser, CDN caching, ancient TLS, and the sleep timer I still haven't beaten.
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Turn a leftover Fire TV remote into a Mac controller (OpenAI sells this idea for $230)
OpenAI's Codex Micro validated the demand for a physical AI trigger. A Fire TV remote from your drawer does the job for $0: D-pad mouse, one-button push-to-talk dictation, lock screen. Full Karabiner config included.
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What AI can't replace in a job interview
Once AI flattens the solving layer, the interview surface is exactly what AI can't do for you: how you frame the problem, where you stand in the ambiguous middle, and what you do after you make the call.