ai-development

I Killed OpenClaw and Built ClaudeClaw Mission Control

Retiring OpenClaw, migrating to ClaudeClaw Mission Control, and what five days of teardown taught me about operational blindness.

May 2 • James Cruce

Can Small Businesses Benefit from MCP Servers?

Small businesses run on limited time and limited people. MCP servers change that math. They let AI handle the repetitive work using the tools you…

Apr 13 • James Cruce

I Gave My AI Agent Hands. It Immediately Started Texting My Wife.

My local AI agent, Tars, could talk.

Mar 24 • James Cruce

I’m Replacing Notion With a Self-Hosted AI Agent. Here’s Why.

Today I’m starting a project I’ve been thinking about for weeks: ripping Notion out of my workflow and replacing it with OpenClaw, a self-hosted AI…

Mar 6 • James Cruce

Cortex: An Event-Sourced Memory Architecture for AI Coding Assistants

As The Geek Learns | Technical Deep Dive Author: James Cruce Date: February 2026

Feb 17 • James Cruce

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How I Built JDex with Claude AI—A Systems Engineer's Honest Take

A systems engineer shares his experience building JDex, a Johnny Decimal index app, using Claude AI—including what AI collaboration actually looks like…

Dec 20, 2025 • James Cruce

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How I Built JDex with Claude AI—A Systems Engineer's Honest Take

A systems engineer shares his experience building JDex, a Johnny Decimal index app, using Claude AI—including what AI collaboration actually looks like…

Dec 20, 2025 • James Cruce

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