Radical Insider
A veteran developer's honest take on building software with AI, the tech industry's BS, and the things that actually matter - from the field and the keyboard.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 20 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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Sorry Vibe Coders. You Still Need to Learn to Code After All.
I’m not writing this to make anyone feel bad about vibe coding. I did it too, early on, back when Codex was spitting out screens for me in minutes and I was genuinely delighted by how fast a prototype could come together. If you’ve been bui...
Don't Vibe Your Shit When It's This Big
human programmer talking to robot anime
Before I paste any of it, here’s what I was actually trying to get built. BenchBoard’s tablet board has a simple M/S toggle up top: Manage or Score. Right now, tapping Score just flips the app straig...
How Bad Do You Really Want This?
As I write this, my 17-year-old son is out jogging.
Nobody told him to. Yesterday, playing for his national travel team, the highest level he has ever reached, he struck out. Kids strike out all the time. It is the most ordinary thing in b...
It Compiled. It Lied.
Starting With a Question
Before I wrote a line of code for BenchBoard, I needed to answer a question I was embarrassed to ask out loud: is this even worth doing?
I’d been a coach. I’d been a scorekeeper. I’d tried every app on the mark...
The Suit Doesn't Make You Tony Stark
iron man in sketch
I was building a substitution feature into BenchBoard the other night. Simple idea on paper: a coach drags a kid into a “sub” slot, and the app tracks who’s covering for whom. The kind of thing that sounds like an aftern...
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Founder of BenchBoard. Engineer. Dad. Youth Coach. Radical Insider. Just writing things that range from random articles to hopefully something useful to you.
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