> Last updated: 2026-10-19

# Thoughts from the Thagomizer

Occasionally spikey opinions about tech, tech culture, and management

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AISeptember 15, 2026

## [My Personal Guidelines for Using AI Respectfully](/blog/2026/09/15/my-personal-guidelines-for-using-ai-respectfully.html)

I think it was a year ago that I got introduced to the concept of “Work Slop”. Work slop is AI-generated documents, emails, slide decks, and other artifacts that initially...

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AIAugust 03, 2026

### [Who is a Builder?](/blog/2026/08/03/who-is-a-builder)

I got to spend my Saturday at my first true builder event in Chicago, hosted by GDG Chicago. We helped 50 folks build all kinds...

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AntigravityJune 24, 2026

### [Multi-Agent Ping Pong Pairing with Antigravity](/blog/2026/06/24/ping-pong-pairing-with-antigravity)

Let's take loop engineering for a test drive with ping-pong pairing, subagents, and Antigravity

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Aja Hammerly

Seattle, WA

### library\_books Series Index 

- [Developer Relations](/series#developer-relations)4
- [Machine Learning Basics](/series#machine-learning-basics)3
- [Battleship](/series#battleship)5
- [Talks I Love](/series#talks-i-love)6
- [Algorithms with Auntie Aja](/series#algorithms-with-auntie-aja)3
- [Ruby and GCP](/series#ruby-and-gcp)5
- [Playing with Data](/series#playing-with-data)3
- [Kubernetes & Rails](/series#kubernetes-rails)3
- [Learn To Code Resources](/series#learn-to-code-resources)3
- [Testing Anti-Patterns](/series#testing-anti-patterns)5