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The Autonomous Feedback Loop: From Bug Report to Merged PR
How I wired in-app user feedback to a coding agent that opens its own PRs, with a redactor at the trust boundary and humans at exactly two intervention points.
Vibe Coding12 min readHow I Vibe-Coded Two Enterprise Apps in 8 Months for $13,945
Two production Next.js apps on Azure, ~350,000 lines of TypeScript, built solo with Cursor and Anthropic's frontier models. The stack, the spend, and the recipe.
Vibe Coding14 min readThe Microsoft 365 Security Floor Every SMB Should Hit in 2026
Three layers separate a hardened SMB Microsoft 365 tenant from a soft one: Microsoft-managed Conditional Access, phishing-resistant MFA, and Intune device compliance. Here is why that floor matters and what each layer actually does.
Guides11 min readHow We Lock Down SMB Microsoft 365 Tenants for $50 of Hardware Per User
A six-phase runbook for hardening a Business Premium tenant: break-glass accounts, Microsoft-managed Conditional Access, FIDO2 YubiKeys, and Intune device compliance. The order matters.
Guides12 min readErgonomics Best Practices: Set Up Your Workspace, Protect Your Body
A practical desk ergonomics guide. The fundamentals, the gear, and the habits that prevent wrist pain, back pain, and burnout over a long career.
Guides6 min readVideo Conferencing Best Practices: Look Pro on Every Call
A practical guide to webcam, lighting, and setup for video calls. The gear and the habits that separate professional video presence from amateur.
Guides7 min readSteelcase Series 1: The One Office Chair Worth Buying
$500 gets you a 12-year warranty, two-minute tool-less assembly, and the same engineering Steelcase ships to Fortune 500 offices. The default-buy chair for any desk.
Reviews5 min readHow I Shot a 1-Year Construction Time-Lapse for Under $500 (Instead of $15,000+)
Professional time-lapse services like EarthCam and BuildCam quoted us five figures. A $200 Reolink camera on a $6/month Reolink SIM plan delivered a clean 4K time-lapse of our entire 12-month build.
Guides10 min readAnker Is Just Consistently Great: Why I Keep Coming Back
After years of buying small electronics on Amazon, Anker is the one brand that has earned a permanent spot in my cable drawer. Here are the products I love most.
How a $1,000 Synology NAS Completed Our Microsoft 365 Backup Strategy
Cloud backup alone isn't a backup strategy. We added a Synology DS225+ with Active Backup for fast on-site M365 recovery - no licensing fees, no monthly costs, ~$1,000 total.
Guides12 min readThe WFH Workstation We Ship to Every Remote Employee (Under $600)
Our standardized work-from-home setup ships directly from Amazon to any employee's doorstep. Dual monitors, dock, webcam, headset, keyboard, and mouse for under $600 per seat.
Guides11 min read