Builder Log

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Builder Log is where I document experiments with agentic AI, automation workflows, local systems, and the messy work of making useful tools reliable. These notes are less about the tool itself and more about what the build teaches.

Builder Log Aug 27, 2026 6 min read

Microsoft Just Gave Helpdesks a Key to Every Unattended Windows PC — Here’s the Governance Question That Comes With It

Microsoft shipped something this week aimed squarely at IT helpdesks, not end users — which usually means it flies under…
Microsoft Just Gave Helpdesks a Key to Every Unattended Windows PC — Here’s the Governance Question That Comes With It
Builder Log Aug 24, 2026 5 min read

Slack Just Put AI Coding Agents in Group Chat — Here’s the Governance Question Nobody’s Asking

Slack announced something this week worth pausing on — not because it's flashy, but because it quietly answers a question…
Slack Just Put AI Coding Agents in Group Chat — Here’s the Governance Question Nobody’s Asking
Builder Log Aug 17, 2026 9 min read

The One Missing Config Field That Broke an AI Agent (And How to Debug It in 5 Minutes)

Quick translation if you don’t build AI agents for a living: think of an AI agent as a program that…
The One Missing Config Field That Broke an AI Agent (And How to Debug It in 5 Minutes)
Builder Log Aug 17, 2026 5 min read

Claude Code Just Turned Off the Permission Prompts — And the Data Says That’s the Safer Choice

Starting August 14, if you’re on Claude Code with a Pro, Max, or Team plan, new sessions default to something…
Claude Code Just Turned Off the Permission Prompts — And the Data Says That’s the Safer Choice
Builder Log Aug 13, 2026 5 min read

I Built a Cinematic Ride Video With AI — Here’s the Actual Workflow, and Where It Broke

I ran a 60-second motorcycle ride video through a full AI production pipeline recently — not a single “type a…
I Built a Cinematic Ride Video With AI — Here’s the Actual Workflow, and Where It Broke
Builder Log Aug 13, 2026 3 min read

An AI Video Editor Where the Agent Actually Drives the Timeline — What Vyra Gets Right

A new video editing tool crossed my radar this week called Vyra, and it’s a good example of a pattern…
An AI Video Editor Where the Agent Actually Drives the Timeline — What Vyra Gets Right
Builder Log Aug 13, 2026 4 min read

Claude Cowork Now Lives in Your Chrome Sidebar — Here’s the Governance Question That Actually Matters

Anthropic shipped an update this week that’s easy to undersell as “a browser extension got better.” It’s more interesting than…
Claude Cowork Now Lives in Your Chrome Sidebar — Here’s the Governance Question That Actually Matters
Builder Log Jun 14, 2026 12 min read

The AI Tool Stack That’s Actually Worth Paying For in 2026

The AI Tool Stack That’s Actually Worth Paying For in 2026 I’ve deployed AI tools across regulated and resource-constrained organizations…
Builder Log May 26, 2026 5 min read

I Built a Personal Command Center with AI — And It Updates Itself

What if your morning routine didn't start with checking five different apps? I stopped treating AI as a chat tool…
I Built a Personal Command Center with AI — And It Updates Itself
Builder Log Mar 29, 2026 11 min read

Adding Real-Time Web Search to Your AI Agent: Tavily, Exa, and What Changed

Tavily and Exa add dramatically better web search to an AI agent. What each does, when to use which, step-by-step…
Adding Real-Time Web Search to Your AI Agent: Tavily, Exa, and What Changed
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