I recently worked on fun little project that demonstrates how to build a modern full-stack web application using Django and Next.js. The django-nextjs repository provides a complete step-by-step guide for creating a notes application with authentication, real-time updates, and drag-and-drop functionality.

Last week my company asked me to evaluate using AI models from Google and GitHub for coding projects; so far, I’ve been liking Claude’s ability to assist me with small programming tasks better than either one, but that’s a topic for another post. Over the weekend, I set myself a slightly different challenge:

Can I use AI coding tools to be productive in a language I don’t know?

I was recently reading a book on machine learning concepts, and of course it repeatedly highlighted the ways that machine learning researchers attempt to model human learning processes in code, which made me ponder:

How do I learn?

Hi, I’m MM ~ welcome to my personal spot for pseudorandom but tech-biased thoughts. As a software engineer who’s been addicted to tinkering with new things for a few decades now (and to arguably too much caffeine for almost as long), I’ve decided to create this space to share my experiences, discoveries, and occasional epiphanies with… well, apparently you ~ thank you for that!