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Riley Zhang

Exploring the intersection of AI and web development.

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Weekend Build Log: Stop Agent Plans That Invent Files

Weekend Build Log: Stop Agent Plans That Invent Files

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Make Your Weekend Agent List Unknowns First

Make Your Weekend Agent List Unknowns First

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Stop the Extra Database: A Weekend Constraint Card for AI Plans

Stop the Extra Database: A Weekend Constraint Card for AI Plans

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Release Notes in a Hurry: A Free-Tier LLM Workflow With an Honest Scoring Script

Release Notes in a Hurry: A Free-Tier LLM Workflow With an Honest Scoring Script

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Weekend Build Log: A $0 Issue Summarizer on a Free Server (Scope Cut Included)

Weekend Build Log: A $0 Issue Summarizer on a Free Server (Scope Cut Included)

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Weekend Build Log: My 'Free' AI Side Project Almost Cost Me Real Money

Weekend Build Log: My 'Free' AI Side Project Almost Cost Me Real Money

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My AI Bot Choked on a 9,000-Word README. I Built a Token Gate.

My AI Bot Choked on a 9,000-Word README. I Built a Token Gate.

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Build Log: A Free AI PR Triage Bot (and the Features I Cut)

Build Log: A Free AI PR Triage Bot (and the Features I Cut)

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Weekend Build Log: 20 Prompt Tests Before Shipping an AI Feature

Weekend Build Log: 20 Prompt Tests Before Shipping an AI Feature

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Weekend Build Log: A $0 Status Page, a Hard Scope Cut, and What I Skipped

Weekend Build Log: A $0 Status Page, a Hard Scope Cut, and What I Skipped

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Weekend Build Log: I Finally Tested My AI Code Reviewer

Weekend Build Log: I Finally Tested My AI Code Reviewer

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The Hidden Cost of Free AI: A Decision Framework for Side Projects

The Hidden Cost of Free AI: A Decision Framework for Side Projects

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Stop Writing Release Notes by Hand: An AI Pipeline for Your Git Log

Stop Writing Release Notes by Hand: An AI Pipeline for Your Git Log

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Smoke-Test an AI Coding Agent on a Free Server in 30 Minutes

Smoke-Test an AI Coding Agent on a Free Server in 30 Minutes

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Stop Picking One Coding Model: A Free Router That Sends Each Task to the Cheapest Model That Passes

Stop Picking One Coding Model: A Free Router That Sends Each Task to the Cheapest Model That Passes

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A New Open-Weight Model Drops Every Week Now. Here's a 30-Minute Way to Tell If It Deserves Your CI Budget

A New Open-Weight Model Drops Every Week Now. Here's a 30-Minute Way to Tell If It Deserves Your CI Budget

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Silent Model Drift Will Break Your Prompts: A Weekly Drift Detector You Can Run for Free

Silent Model Drift Will Break Your Prompts: A Weekly Drift Detector You Can Run for Free

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Quarantine Lanes for AI-Generated Patches: A Bash Gate You Can Run for Free

Quarantine Lanes for AI-Generated Patches: A Bash Gate You Can Run for Free

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Sandbox First: A Throwaway-Server Workflow for Probing Where AI Coding Agents Break Their Boundaries

Sandbox First: A Throwaway-Server Workflow for Probing Where AI Coding Agents Break Their Boundaries

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Score Coding Models With a 60-Line Harness Before You Spend a Cent

Score Coding Models With a 60-Line Harness Before You Spend a Cent

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A Reproducible Way to Evaluate Free AI Coding Models Before You Commit

A Reproducible Way to Evaluate Free AI Coding Models Before You Commit

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