Two MCP Servers Turned Claude Code Into an iOS Build System
I connected XcodeBuildMCP and Apple's Xcode MCP to Claude Code. Now my AI agent builds, tests, and debugs iOS apps autonomously.
AI DevelopmentWriting
Thoughts on design, development, AI infrastructure, and building products.
Color Science for Interface Designers: What I Learned Building a Zero-Color Site
I built a site with no colors — just white on absolute black with four opacity layers. Here's the color science that made the decision work.
Design & UXFour Years of Past Year Reviews: What I Actually Learned
Four years of Past Year Review data revealed which decisions compound and which drain energy. The data changed how I make career decisions.
Systems & ProductivityHow LLMs See Text: What My i18n System Taught Me About Token Economics
Translating my site into 6 languages revealed that Korean costs 2.8x more tokens than English for identical content. The interactive visualizer below shows why.
AI & TechnologyThe Ralph Loop: How I Run Autonomous AI Agents Overnight
I built an autonomous agent system with stop hooks, spawn budgets, and filesystem memory. Here are the failures and what actually ships code.
AI & TechnologyThe 15x Cost of a Bad Database Decision: Lessons in Decision Timing
I measured the cost of a database decision across three systems. The migration cost grew 15x over three years. A framework for when to decide fast vs. slow.
Systems & ProductivityThe Startup Validation Stack: What 12 Projects Taught Me About Evidence
I validated 12 projects in 9 months. Some followed the framework. Some skipped steps. The difference in outcomes taught me which evidence actually matters.
Career & GrowthType Scales: How I Chose 13 Steps and Why the Ratio Matters
My site uses a 13-step type scale from 12px to 80px. Here's how I chose the ratio, why system fonts outperform custom fonts, and what the squint test reveals.
Design & UXBeauty and Brutalism: How I Designed blakecrosley.com at the Intersection
I built my site at the intersection of beauty and brutalism: structural honesty with precise typography on absolute black.
Design & UXCritical Yet Kind: How I Encoded Feedback Principles into 86 Hooks
Google's Project Aristotle found psychological safety predicts team performance. I encoded the same principles into automated code review hooks.
Career & GrowthBuilding Design Teams That Ship: What 12 Years at ZipRecruiter Taught Me
After 12 years leading product design at ZipRecruiter, I learned which team structures ship and which polish endlessly. The patterns surprised me.
Design & UXVibe Coding vs. Engineering: Where I Draw the Line
I use Claude Code daily with 86 hooks and a full quality gate system. Here's where I vibe code, where I engineer, and why the boundary matters.
AI & TechnologyExternal Publications
Technical writing at Introl
Local LLM Hardware Pricing Guide 2025
Comprehensive hardware recommendations and cost analysis for running large language models locally.
H100 vs. H200 vs. B200: Choosing the Right NVIDIA GPUs for Your AI Workload
GPU selection guide comparing NVIDIA's latest datacenter accelerators for different AI workloads.
TPU Architecture: Complete Guide to Google's 7 Generations
Deep technical dive into Google's Tensor Processing Unit evolution from TPUv1 to TPUv5.
GPU Memory Pooling in Multi-Tenant Kubernetes
Resource sharing strategies for GPU clusters in containerized environments.
Ray Clusters: Distributed AI Computing Infrastructure
Guide to building and managing distributed AI computing with Ray framework.
DeepSeek V3 Open Source AI Cost Advantage
Analysis of open source LLM economics and DeepSeek's competitive positioning.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU 600kW Racks 2027
Future datacenter power requirements and NVIDIA's next-generation GPU roadmap.
SMR Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers
Small modular reactor solutions for powering next-generation AI infrastructure.
DeepSeek MHC Architecture Breakthrough
Technical analysis of DeepSeek's Multi-Head Compression architecture innovations.