baweaver Engineering systems that endure. 2026-05-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/ Brandon Weaver AI Didn't Create These Problems. It Just Stopped Routing Around Them. 2026-05-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2026/05/27/ai-didnt-create-these-problems/ Every guardrail we need for AI is a good practice we should have already been doing. AI exposes the systemic gaps that experienced developers have been quietly routing around for years. Grab the Chainsaw 2026-05-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2026/05/27/grab-the-chainsaw/ A tornado flattened my town in 2011. What I learned that night still shapes how I show up to work today. Noah Gibbs: Mentor, Friend, Ally 2024-12-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/12/27/noah-gibbs-mentor-friend-ally-4171/ Content Warning: Death of a Ruby community member I woke up this morning to receive the news, among... Let's Read - Eloquent Ruby - Ch 21 – Method Missing 2024-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/10/04/lets-read-eloquent-ruby-ch-21-1h3g/ Perhaps my personal favorite recommendation for learning to program Ruby like a Rubyist, Eloquent... Let's Read - Eloquent Ruby - Ch 22 – Method Missing Delegation 2024-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/10/04/lets-read-eloquent-ruby-ch-22-4poe/ Perhaps my personal favorite recommendation for learning to program Ruby like a Rubyist, Eloquent... Let's Read - Eloquent Ruby - Ch 20 – Block Hooks 2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/10/03/lets-read-eloquent-ruby-ch-20-21aj/ Perhaps my personal favorite recommendation for learning to program Ruby like a Rubyist, Eloquent... Let's Read - Eloquent Ruby - Ch 19 – Block Actions 2024-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/09/27/lets-read-eloquent-ruby-ch-19-fjf/ Perhaps my personal favorite recommendation for learning to program Ruby like a Rubyist, Eloquent... Let's Read - Eloquent Ruby - Ch 18 – Block Wrapping 2024-09-26T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/09/26/lets-read-eloquent-ruby-ch-18-3op5/ Perhaps my personal favorite recommendation for learning to program Ruby like a Rubyist, Eloquent... Let's Read - Eloquent Ruby - Ch 17 – Block Iterators 2024-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 https://baweaver.com/writing/2024/09/24/lets-read-eloquent-ruby-ch-17-2fm4/ Perhaps my personal favorite recommendation for learning to program Ruby like a Rubyist, Eloquent... 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