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I build, break, and over-engineer perfectly functional things.
Technology professional, parent, and recovering gadget addict in Vancouver. This site has been my online home since 2000 — if something's broken here, I probably "improved" it last weekend.
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ls -la → all 23 The redesign series I never finished (and the one I'm doing instead)
If you’re keeping score, you would’ve noticed that we never finished the Building a Website with AI: A Website Redesign Experiment series. It contained four posts that I had high h…
Teaching AI My Weird Little Money System
Like most people, the question I ask myself when I stare at my family’s finances is “Are we ok?” I read some finance self-help books. I’m not a CPA or strategic financial advisor b…
AI and the Art of Overcomplicating Simple Things
While the industry debates whether AI will replace designers (most likely not) and developers embrace “vibe coding,” I was learning a different lesson: the problem isn’t whether AI…
This Week's Obsessions: Superman, Prime Day Practicality, and AI Code Adventures
Well, here we are again. Another collection of things that have completely hijacked my brain. Let’s dive in, shall we? Caught Superman recently, and honestly? Probably the best Sup…
How I Procrastinated my way into my website redesign
Or: How strategic procrastination became the most valuable part of my entire redesign process I was bored with macapinlac.com’s design. Not just mildly dissatisfied — properly bore…
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Building with AI: A Website Redesign Experiment
An honest look at using AI to redesign a website from scratch. Spoiler: it's not as easy as YouTube makes it look, but the journey is worth sharing.