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Made a small script called FocusPocus to block distracting sites on Linux during work sprints. Toggle on/off anytime.
https://mikelopez.com/blog/1236/
I’ll be honest: some days I open my terminal with the noble intention of being productive… and five minutes later I’m somehow watching a video titled “Top 10 Times a Goat Won an Argument.” On Linux. Inside Brave. While Slack sits in the background wondering where its life went wrong. If you’re a Linux user,...
Check this out: when you mix two AIs instead of one 👇
Tried a “two-agent” setup for WordPress/PHP dev: one AI writes code, the other reviews. Loop it till clean, secure, bug-free and feels like pair programming without the pizza debates. 🍕
https://mikelopez.com/blog/1223/ #AI #PHP #WordPress #Coding #RemoteDev
AI tools for coding are everywhere now, but most developers still treat them like fancy autocomplete. Big mistake. With the right approach, AI isn’t just a helper — it can act like a full micro-team that writes code, reviews code, and keeps improving it in a loop. If you’re into modern vibe coding, this setup...
Tried something new — let AI handle 99% of the coding for an internal Stripe Connect app.
Used Cursor IDE + Codex CLI, learned a ton, and yes, got frustrated a few times 😅
Here’s how it went:
🔗 https://mikelopez.com/blog/1213.html
I’ve been using AI more and more in my daily workflow — mostly for adding or fixing parts of an existing codebase. I’ve also vibe-coded small scripts from scratch here and there, but this project was different. This was my first time vibe-coding an entire web app, where AI did 99% of the coding. The...
Introduction Software development is in the middle of a profound shift. For decades, programming was defined by a developer’s ability to master syntax, understand algorithms, and build systems line by line. That era has not disappeared, but it has been disrupted. The rise of artificial intelligence coding assistants has introduced a new way of working,...
Legacy PHP code has a way of haunting you. Whether it’s procedural scripts written 10+ years ago, a half-upgraded framework, or a mix of spaghetti logic and business-critical features—at some point, you’ll be tasked with refactoring it. The trick is doing it without breaking everything in production. Here’s my playbook, built from years of wading...