Found out today that Vanderbilt is taking over CCA. The school where I got my undergrad, and where I currently work.
So...shit.
What I've been listening to — March 2026
What I've been listening to — February 2026
WebGL Background Noise Playground
An interactive playground for exploring 9 animated noise patterns with real-time controls
Another young-Joel coding dream come true! I used to do a lot of creative coding and spend time learning about generative art algorithms. I always wanted to create a site/library of different patterns and have the ability to adjust the parameters live. Claude Code helped me prototype this interface in a few hours! I'm excited to play around with these, thinking about making a "studio" interface that allows you to overlay multiple effects and what not :)
AI is for coding and memes
not for gfs or ig bots - Maria
Welp. I guess I gotta look for a new job
CCA is closing. Vanderbilt is taking over. Time to figure out what's next.
GitHub Copilot: First Time Experience
Live testing and discovering GitHub Copilot CLI—real-time thoughts as I explore
Testing GitHub Copilot for the first time. This is a live session—adding thoughts and discoveries as I go.
Getting Started
Setting up the blog post structure. Ready to capture real-time experiences with the tool.
Well, That Didn't Take Long
I crashed it. Already.
I was trying to add a screenshot to the chat for reference—just a simple drag-and-drop of a small image I wanted to include in this post. Turns out vision isn't enabled by default (or at least not on my plan), and instead of gracefully handling it, Copilot got stuck in an error loop.
The irony? The screenshot I was trying to share was for this blog post. Now I have a second screenshot showing how I broke things, which I had to ask Copilot to copy to the blog directory without reading it to avoid crashing again.
Learning #1: Don't drag images into Copilot CLI chat (yet).
Wait, There's No Plan Mode?
Coming from Claude Code, I'm genuinely shocked that there's no "plan mode" in the CLI. The IDE apparently has something similar, but the CLI? Nada.
This is already making me hyper-focus on what actions Copilot is taking in real-time. Every tool call, every file read, every edit—I'm watching it all happen. Which... might actually be a good thing?
For new developers learning agentic development, this forced visibility could be educational. You're not just seeing the end result; you're watching the thought process unfold. You learn how an AI agent approaches a task, what files it checks, what commands it runs.
But for someone who's used to reviewing a plan before execution? It's a bit nerve-wracking. Trust but verify takes on a whole new meaning when the verification happens in real-time.
Learning #2: No plan mode = hyper-awareness of every action (educational, but intense).
This post is being updated live as I test GitHub Copilot CLI...
Visual Editing: The Admin Experience I've Always Wanted
Prototyping a visual editor for a client project and finally seeing an admin experience I've dreamed about come together.
I'm working on a website redesign for Quality Time, a design agency, and one of the things I've been prototyping is a visual editor admin experience.
This is the kind of admin experience I've always wanted to build. Click on an element, edit it inline, see changes in real-time in the actual context of the page. No switching between a clunky CMS form and a preview tab. Just... edit where you're looking.
Not sure if this will make it into the final version—there are always tradeoffs between what's cool to prototype and what makes sense to ship and maintain. But it's been fun seeing it come together.
Another Claude Code win.
What I've been listening to — January 2026
