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Articles

# Writing about building with AI

Notes on becoming an AI design engineer, building autonomous agent systems that make life better.

## Latest Articles

## July 2026

[Tips for Building Better Applications with Coding AgentsA running list of practices that made coding agents genuinely more reliable for me, shifting the workflow from generate-and-hope to ship-and-verify. Covers proving the work, isolating sessions, wiring in production signals, and automating setup.![claude-code](https://dubem.work/icons/claude-code.svg)AIClaude Code8 Wed Jul 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/tips-for-building-better-applications-with-coding-agents)[How to Use AI to Help Local Businesses Around YouYou don't need to be a developer to make AI useful for the small businesses, friends, and family near you. Nine practical ways to help them get more customers and sell more, plus the one thing to warn them about.AIBusiness7 Tue Jul 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-to-use-ai-to-help-local-businesses-around-you)[How Claude Consumes Context: A Simple Mental ModelWhy Claude Code follows some instructions and shrugs at others comes down to where they live and when they load. A mental model for CLAUDE.md priority and the order of influence in the context window.![claude-code](https://dubem.work/icons/claude-code.svg)AIClaude Code7 Tue Jul 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-claude-consumes-context-a-simple-mental-model)

## June 2026

[How to Get Into Tech in 2026: A Simple, Honest GuideAI changed the game, but the path in is still open. A practical guide to choosing a field, building two kinds of CV, and using a 2-skill framework to get hired and paid.Career11 Thu Jun 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-to-get-into-tech-in-2026)

## April 2026

[How to Reduce CSS Size in a Project (Without Breaking UI)Practical ways to shrink CSS bundles: Tailwind discipline, choosing tree-shakeable UI libs, safe purging, avoiding accidental global CSS, and setting team/AI conventions.![tailwind](https://dubem.work/icons/tailwind.svg)![nuxtjs](https://dubem.work/icons/nuxtjs.svg)FrontendPerformance28 Tue Apr 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-to-reduce-css-size-in-a-project)

## February 2026

[Why I Created Memr: A Scripture Memorization App for the Tab-Hoarding DeveloperI built Memr to solve a personal problem—remembering scripture. Here's why it lives in my Chrome tabs, my inbox, and soon my pocket.![firebase](https://dubem.work/icons/firebase.svg)Side Projects16 Mon Feb 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/why-i-created-memr)[10 Core Environment Variables for Simple SaaS Apps (Minimal Setup Guide)The essential env vars for shipping SaaS on a budget—auth, database, storage, payments, AI, and mail. Plus how to keep setup cheap and secure.BackendSaaS2 Mon Feb 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/10-core-env-vars-simple-saas-apps)

## April 2019

[7 Learning Patterns for Designers and DevelopersThere is no one way to learn, but knowing a couple will give you a boost.LearningCareer3 Wed Apr 2019](https://dubem.work/articles/7-learning-patterns-for-designers-and-developers)