I write about AI-assisted engineering, the path from mid-level to staff, and building a life that sustains high performance.

I'm Cali. I ship production code with AI tools every day and I share my learnings along the way.

Weekly. No hype, no fluff. Just what works.

Experience8+ Years
Current RoleStaff Engineer
Daily Driver
Claude CodeClawd

AI-Assisted Engineering

How AI tools actually change the way software gets built. Real workflows, real code, real results. Not demos, not prompts lists.

Engineering Leadership

What it actually takes to go from mid-level to senior to staff. Coaching engineers, having hard conversations, leading through influence.

Intentional Living

Structuring your life to sustain high performance without burning out. Fitness, meditation, and the discipline that compounds over time.

Latest Writing

What I'm learning, building, and thinking about. No fluff, just the real stuff.

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AI-Assisted Engineering • 5 min read

I'm not shipping faster with AI (on purpose)

Agents do make us faster. But what if we kept the pace we had before, and used the new capacity to go deeper? A quieter case for depth over speed.

AI-Assisted Engineering • 8 min read

I use Claude Code 10 hours a day. Here's what the "AI expert" influencers get wrong.

The gap between AI demos and AI-assisted engineering is enormous. Here's what it actually looks like when you ship production code with AI every single day.