Field Notes
Things I’m still thinking about.
What happened, what surprised me, and what I’ve learned from the work. Newest first.
- September 5, 2026
I Can Take On More With AI.
AI lets me work with tools I haven’t spent years learning. My experience helps me ask where the result could be wrong.
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The Tests Passed. The Emails Didn’t Arrive.
The cemetery app returned success while email delivery failed. That changed what I looked for after a successful build.
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My Scripts Worked. Someone Still Had to Look After Them.
I automated the manual checks, then had to make the automation something another person could run and change safely.
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