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AI Coding Assistants: The Modern Steam Engine - Not Your Enemy, Your Lever
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17 days ago

AI Coding Assistants: The Modern Steam Engine - Not Your Enemy, Your Lever

Like the steam engine in John Henry's time, AI coding assistants aren't here to replace developers—they're tools that amplify human capability and create entirely new opportunities. Here's why this technological shift is a transformation, not an extinction.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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17 min read
AI Development
Career Development
Technology
Building Scalable Next.js Applications: Advanced Patterns for 2025
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about 1 month ago(updated)

Building Scalable Next.js Applications: Advanced Patterns for 2025

Updated October 2025 - From Next.js 15 and the mature App Router to advanced caching strategies and edge computing - here are the battle-tested patterns for building applications that scale to millions of users in 2025.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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31 min read
next.js
next.js-15
app-router
Lessons from Building a Global Digital Ecosystem
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10 months ago

Lessons from Building a Global Digital Ecosystem

Key insights from 6 years leading technology development at POUND, growing from startup to global fitness brand with millions of users.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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21 min read
leadership
scaling
e-commerce

Latest Posts

AI Coding Assistants: The Modern Steam Engine - Not Your Enemy, Your Lever
17 days ago
Development

AI Coding Assistants: The Modern Steam Engine - Not Your Enemy, Your Lever

Like the steam engine in John Henry's time, AI coding assistants aren't here to replace developers—they're tools that amplify human capability and create entirely new opportunities. Here's why this technological shift is a transformation, not an extinction.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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17 min read
AI Development
Career Development
VibeAlive: Cleaning Up the Code Chaos of AI-Assisted Development
26 days ago

VibeAlive: Cleaning Up the Code Chaos of AI-Assisted Development

AI coding assistants revolutionize development but leave behind technical debt. VibeAlive helps developers identify and eliminate unused code, dead components, and forgotten API endpoints in Next.js projects.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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4 min read
AI Development
Technical Debt
29 days ago
Frontend Development

Next.js 16 Beta: The Game-Changing Update Every Next Dev Needs To Know

Next.js 16 beta just dropped and it's absolutely wild. Turbopack is finally stable, React Compiler integration, new caching APIs, and breaking changes that will make you rethink how you build React apps. Here's everything that matters from a dev's perspective.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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7 min read
Next.js 16
Turbopack
Building Scalable Next.js Applications: Advanced Patterns for 2025
about 1 month ago(updated)
Development

Building Scalable Next.js Applications: Advanced Patterns for 2025

Updated October 2025 - From Next.js 15 and the mature App Router to advanced caching strategies and edge computing - here are the battle-tested patterns for building applications that scale to millions of users in 2025.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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31 min read
next.js
next.js-15
Hacktoberfest 2025: Three Projects, Three Days, Infinite Possibilities
about 1 month ago
Open Source

Hacktoberfest 2025: Three Projects, Three Days, Infinite Possibilities

Celebrating Hacktoberfest 2025 with a remarkable personal milestone - launching three open source projects in just three days! Discover VibeAlive, All Your Base64, and the Tezos Rich Preview Discord Bot, all ready for community contributions.

Joe Peterson

Joe Peterson

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7 min read
hacktoberfest
open-source

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