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Kevin's Garden

Ideas, notes & explorations of a frontend engineer interested in the intersection of AI and frontend

A collection of thoughts at various stages of growth — some are seedlings barely taking root, others are evergreen and well-tended.

SeedlingBuddingEvergreen
BuddingWIPMar 14, 2026·9 min read

A.I. Is Eating the World→

A field guide to a world mid-consumption — the decay, the machinery, the economics, the human wreckage, and the narrow path forward.

aiindustryopinion
SeedlingWIPMar 14, 2026·1 min read

Build Your Own GREMLIN IN THE SHELL→

A hands-on guide to building your own shell-based AI agent that haunts your terminal and gets things done.

aiagentstutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 13, 2026·1 min read

Intersection of UX and AI→

Exploring the design challenges and opportunities at the crossroads of user experience and artificial intelligence.

uxaidesign
SeedlingWIPMar 12, 2026·1 min read

Javascript Fatigue and Frontend Systems→

Navigating the ever-changing landscape of JavaScript frameworks and building frontend systems that last.

javascriptfrontendarchitecture
SeedlingWIPMar 11, 2026·1 min read

Designing Backend Systems To Wake You Up at 3AM→

What goes wrong in backend architecture that leads to 3AM pages, and how to design systems that let you sleep.

backendarchitecturereliability
SeedlingWIPMar 10, 2026·1 min read

Scaling AI Systems That Accelerate Your Burn Rate→

The hidden costs of scaling AI infrastructure and how to keep your GPU bills from bankrupting your startup.

aiinfrastructurecost
SeedlingWIPMar 9, 2026·1 min read

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Learn the Golden Rule of ML Systems with Me→

Why data quality is the single most important factor in machine learning, and how to get it right.

mldatatutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 8, 2026·1 min read

Stitching the Monster: How I Made My Own Codex→

A deep dive into building a Codex-like coding agent from scratch — the architecture, the mistakes, and the lessons learned.

aiagentscoding
SeedlingWIPMar 7, 2026·1 min read

Make Your Own Claude Code→

How to build your own CLI coding assistant inspired by Claude Code — from terminal UI to tool use to agentic loops.

aiagentsclaudetutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 5, 2026·1 min read

On Creating an OpenAI Client Clone→

Building an OpenAI-compatible API client from the ground up — understanding the protocol, streaming, and tool calling.

aiapitutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 4, 2026·1 min read

Oh My RAG!→

A practical guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation — from embeddings and vector stores to production-ready RAG pipelines.

airagtutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 3, 2026·1 min read

How to Make Your Own Agent→

A step-by-step guide to building AI agents — from simple ReAct loops to multi-tool autonomous systems.

aiagentstutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 2, 2026·1 min read

The Developer's Guide to the MCP Protocol→

Everything you need to know about the Model Context Protocol — how it works, how to build MCP servers, and why it matters.

aimcpprotocoltutorial
SeedlingWIPMar 1, 2026·1 min read

Better Safe Than Sorry: Locking Down Your Agentic Lobster→

Security patterns for AI agents — sandboxing, permission models, and making sure your agent doesn't go rogue.

aisecurityagents
SeedlingWIPFeb 28, 2026·1 min read

Upskill Your Agent Skill→

Advanced techniques for making AI agents more capable — better prompting, tool design, memory, and evaluation.

aiagentsskills