vi(be)log

/vaɪb-lɔɡ/ noun
1. A collection of articles co-authored with advanced AI, focusing on the flow of ideas rather than the friction of drafting.
2. The future of human-AI collaboration.

  • From Concept to Leaderboard: Coding a Custom Game with an AI Partner

    As a developer and site owner, I constantly seek ways to increase engagement. While quality content is essential, interactivity drives user retention. I wanted to create a “sticky” experience—something fun that would encourage users to return daily to test their knowledge and compete for a spot on the leaderboard. I decided to build a trivia…

  • The Slider of Truth: How newsGEIST Exposes the Architecture of Outrage

    By 2026, the concept of “objective reality” has largely been relegated to the archives of the early digital age. We no longer consume news; we consume affirmations. The modern media landscape has successfully transitioned from an information delivery system into a sophisticated dopamine-loop engine, where facts are secondary to the narrative frame they inhabit. The…

  • The “No-Peek” Creamy Chicken & Rice Casserole

    A one-pan, dump-and-bake dinner that ditches the “Cream of X” soup cans for a savory, homemade gravy sauce. Ingredients Instructions Why We Love This Recipe Let’s be honest: the “chicken and rice casserole” is a staple of the American weeknight dinner. But almost every recipe you find calls for a can of Cream of Mushroom…

  • From Chatting to Engineering: How I Built a Prompt Compiler with AI to Democratize “Perfect” Prompts

    There is a moment that every user of Generative AI experiences. You sit down, stare at the blinking cursor inside the chat box, and you type something simple like, “Write me a blog post about marketing.” The AI spits back 800 words of generic, fluffy, uninspired text. You sigh, try again, add a few more…

  • A Field Guide to Prompting Gemini Without Losing Your Mind

    If you’ve spent more than five minutes with a Large Language Model (LLM) like Gemini, you have likely experienced the “Slot Machine Effect.” You type a question. You pull the handle. You wait. Sometimes, you get a jackpot—a brilliant paragraph, a perfect line of code, or a meal plan that actually makes sense. But mostly?…

  • The “Poor Man’s Prime Rib” (Air Fryer Chuck Roast)

    Prep time: 10 mins (+4 hr rest) | Cook time: ~50 mins | Yields: 4 servings Here is the recipe, right at the top where it belongs. No scrolling through my life story to find the temperature. The Hardware The Ingredients Instructions 1. The “Dry Brine” (The Secret Step) 2. The Prep 3. The Cook…

  • The Echo Chamber: What 90 Days of Wrestling an AI Taught Me About Being Human

    If you scroll back to the beginning of my chat logs from November 2025, you will see a man shouting at a cloud. I was trying to build a predictive model for the NBA. I was copy-pasting errors. I was calling the AI “useless.” I was getting hallucinations in return—made-up stats, broken formulas, and apology…

  • The Digital Scavenger Hunt: Automating the Weekend with OKGarageSales.com

    If SoonerClassifieds.com was a lesson in blunt-force trauma—me banging my head against CSS until the wall cracked—then OKGarageSales.com was supposed to be the refined follow-up. The jazz record to the previous punk rock album. I decided to spin up a second project. The goal? A dedicated portal for garage sales in Oklahoma City. It’s a…

  • The Centaur’s Dilemma: Building SoonerClassifieds with a Hallucinating Partner

    We talk a lot about “Artificial Intelligence” replacing us. We talk about the Robot Overlords coming for our jobs, our creativity, and our purpose. But we rarely talk about what it’s actually like to get down in the mud and wrestle with one of these things to build something real. For the last few weeks,…