Starting This Blog

Why I’m writing about cloud architecture, SRE, and AI engineering.

July 12, 2026 · 1 min · 85 words · Acestus

Purpose-Built AI: A Field Toolkit for Engineering Operations

General-purpose AI assistants have an infinite goal space and no defensible perimeter. The fix: build AI that does one thing, for one domain, with a defined scope.

July 11, 2026 · 2 min · 328 words · Acestus

My Current OpenClaw Setup: Practical Local AI Agents with Private Routing

A field report on running two OpenClaw instances — a Raspberry Pi business agent and a Mac mini personal assistant with private iMessage routing.

June 8, 2026 · 3 min · 629 words · Acestus

How I'm Getting the Best Results from AI Lately

The most success I’m having with AI lately is using it as a thinking partner, not just a generator — five steps that make the difference.

June 2, 2026 · 1 min · 147 words · Acestus

Why I Love Trunk-Based Development

Trunk-based development makes shipping code less stressful and a lot more fun — everyone works in the same place, all the time.

May 2, 2026 · 2 min · 287 words · Acestus