Handcrafting Codes

An ongoing journal

Essays on the craft of software.

Long-form writing on software engineering, Salesforce, AI, and what AI is doing to the way we build. Slow takes, made to last.

  1. 01AIAEO Isn't SEO's Sequel. It's a Different Game on the Same FieldAEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are two sides of the same coinJul 02, 202616 min read
  2. 02AIAI Does Not Remember.One of the most persistent misunderstandings about modern AI systems is the idea that they remember previous conversations. They don't!Jul 02, 20266 min read
  3. 03AIAI Speeds Up Salesforce Delivery. Your Team Makes It Sustainable.I was recently studying Salesforce Revenue Cloud setup to see exactly how much AI could accelerate the buildJul 02, 20268 min read
  4. 04EngineeringFinding anything in a git repo: working tree, commits, and historyGrep finds a string in your working treeJul 02, 20263 min read
  5. 05EngineeringDebugging Coveo UA: when the dashboard JSON lies to youI spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the Coveo Usage Analytics API was not working right.Jul 02, 20263 min read
  6. 06EngineeringThe git aliases worth stealingMy `[alias]` block has grown to a few hundred lines over the years, and most of it is junk I wrote once and never used again.Jul 02, 20264 min read
  7. 07Engineeringgit clean: removing untracked files without nuking the wrong ones`git clean` deletes untracked files from your working tree, and unlike almost everything else in git, what it removes is gone.Jul 02, 20262 min read
  8. 08AIHow to Actually Write for AEO: A Technical Guide to Content That Gets CitedNot another "add an FAQ section" checklist. This is about how it worksJul 02, 202622 min read