The Problem
Every day brings new AI tools, frameworks, and hot takes. Much of that content is either breathless hype or existential panic. Neither helps you ship better software.
What You Get
Every Monday (Free): AI tools and techniques for working engineers—tutorials, news, and practical applications you can actually use
Premium Deep-Dives: Technical analyses of how AI changes architecture patterns, team workflows, and career paths. The hard questions we’re all figuring out together.
Why This Perspective Matters
I’m Sam Keen, author of Clean Architecture with Python. I spent over 25 years building software. From startups to Nike, Lululemon, and AWS. Now I focus full-time on understanding how AI reshapes our work. I’ve shipped enough distributed systems to recognize which AI patterns will scale and which are just compelling demos.
I co-founded Portland AI Engineers (800+ developers) to gather varied perspectives from engineers shipping AI in production, not just theorizing about it.
Contact
sam@alteredcraft.com | [LinkedIn]
Learn deeply. Adapt boldly. Emerge stronger.
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