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Conference notes, technical observations, and thoughts on building software in a world that keeps changing.

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Data Viz AI Agents D3.js
Building a Lead-Gen Funnel Dashboard by Prompting an AI Agent
A practical walkthrough of the Forgeline funnel dashboard โ€” seeded synthetic data, intent segments, D3.js panels, and the prompts that build it step by step.
July 2026  ยท  12 min read Read โ†’
Deceptive UX Patterns
Talk UX Ethics AI
Deceptive UX Patterns: From Confirmshaming to Sycophantic AI
What engineers need to know about the dark side of product design โ€” from classic roach motels and confirmshaming to AI-washed manipulation and agentic deception.
May 2026  ยท  15 min read Read โ†’
QA or the Highway 2026
Conference Notes AI Testing QA
QA or the Highway 2026: Quality Engineering in the Age of AI Agents
Seven talks. Four takeaways. One emerging job description. Notes from a day in Columbus on what quality engineering looks like when AI agents are writing the code.
June 2026  ยท  10 min read Read โ†’