Foto Friday: Grand Canyon Sunrise
My first photography workshop, my first trip to Grand Canyon, and a sunrise that taught me what seven years of craft looks like in reverse.
The Craft Problem
Vibe coding and genuine excellence pull in opposite directions. One eliminates the conditions required for craft. The other requires them.
The Local AI Option
Local LLMs like Mistral Medium 3.5 have crossed the line from research project to real architectural option. Here's who should be looking at on-prem AI.
Foto Friday – Grand Canyon Sunset
Sunset over the Grand Canyon from my first photography workshop, 2019. Went out solo the night before the conference and the sky put on a show.
Why AI Sales Agents Convert 3x Worse Than Websites
Walmart's ChatGPT checkout converted at one-third the rate of its regular website. The failure was a mismatch between what the agent was optimized for and what customers need at the moment of purchase.
Foto Friday – Arches National Park
Long exposure at Arches National Park as the park empties out at sunset — car light trails, stars coming in, and the canyon going quiet.
The 43-Point Gap
Developers using AI thought they were 20% faster. A controlled trial found they were 19% slower. That 43-point gap is a governance problem most frameworks don't address.
Foto Friday – Corona Arch
Corona Arch sits just outside Moab's national parks — a mile-and-a-half hike through slickrock, a ladder bolted to the canyon wall, and a smoky evening that turned into a better shot than planned.
The Formation Problem
Companies stopped replacing junior developers. That quiet shift is eroding the apprenticeship pipeline that produces senior engineers capable of supervising AI.
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