https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/ Writing by James Soldier. en-us Sun, 17 May 2026 18:10:43 +0000 https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/build-with-intention https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/build-with-intention Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Build with intention and strategy unless you enjoy spending your days being a janitor. https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/dont-code-from-memory https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/dont-code-from-memory Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Models freeze at training time. The fastest-moving APIs are exactly the ones you don’t want an agent guessing at. https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/pick-the-canonical-copy https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/pick-the-canonical-copy Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI raises the velocity of generation. The bottleneck moves to remembering which version is real. https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/learn-code https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/learn-code Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 There's no way around it. If a simple Python script would do the job, AI isn't the answer — learning code is. https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/surface-the-unexpected https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/surface-the-unexpected Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Stop trying to catch AI in the act. Build systems that surface the unexpected. https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/critical-thinking-vs-ai https://jamessoldier.com/thoughts/critical-thinking-vs-ai Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Depth used to be the edge. Now critical thinking is what's left.