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AI-Assisted Development WordPress and WooCommerce Systems Internal Tools and Business Systems Pokemon ACE and Retro Game Experiments Full-Stack Development

Jun 27, 2026

How to Get a Shiny Mew in Pokémon Emerald Using ACE (No Cheats, No Events)

A start-to-finish walkthrough of using Pokémon Emerald ACE to unlock Faraway Island, catch Mew, create a stable ACE species, and make that Mew shiny afterward.

pokemonglitchesacegba

Jun 26, 2026

CLAUDE.md Is a Table of Contents, Not a Rulebook

Most CLAUDE.md files I've seen are bloated. Pages of tone instructions and motivational filler the model half-follows, plus a bunch of restated defaults it already knows. None of it moves the needle, and every line is a tax on the model's attention — anything vague just dilutes the parts that work.

aiclaudeworkflowtooling

Jun 22, 2026

My Writing Stack: Next.js + Prisma + Obsidian

How I turned an Obsidian vault into the content layer for a Next.js site, with Prisma quietly handling the database in between. A look at why this combination works and how the pieces fit together.

nextjsprismaobsidianweb-dev

Jun 13, 2026

The Accelerating Age of AI: Learning, Business, and the Future of Human Understanding

AI isn't just automating work — it's reshaping how humans access knowledge and learn. A look at what accelerating, ever-present AI could mean for business, education, and future generations.

AIFutureLearningBusiness