How a senior engineer actually builds with AI. Mess included.
I'm Jay. I've spent nearly 15 years building software and leading engineering teams, and these days most of my building happens alongside AI agents.
I share how that really goes: the setups I use, the builds that work, and the ones that fall over halfway through.
The Weekly Variable
A newsletter about building with AI and the bigger patterns behind it: agents, tools, trade-offs, and what I'm working on. Free.
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If you're stuck on something where experience and AI meet, book an hour and we'll work through it together. You leave with a clear next step, not a sales pitch.
- Getting a stalled AI-assisted build moving again
- Setting up an agent workflow that holds up on a real codebase
- Choosing tools and models without chasing every launch
- Bringing AI into how an engineering team works
General software and AI engineering only. I don't advise on specific vendor platforms.