Keith Hodo

I run both Kiro CLI and Claude Code on the same projects, and recently shipped a working bridge between them. Here’s how to pick when you’re evaluating one or the other, with real translation losses and gotchas from the work.

Building complex systems with Agentic AI requires more than just a large context window; it requires a deliberate semantic ledger. Explore how Project Nidus uses Core/Topical memories and shaped milestones to overcome the Session-to-Session Wall.

The Beekeeper got me thinking about who protects the vulnerable in a world where scams are industrialized and AI makes them nearly undetectable. Here’s what I’ve learned after 18 years of following this space closely.

How I built a Personal Context Portfolio to give my AI tools better context about who I am and how I work.

I built a deep research skill and principal-level review agents that challenge my designs before I write code. Here’s how encoding senior engineering judgment into AI agents changed the way I ship features.

Custom Kiro agents turned my code review from a single-pass checklist into a five-agent parallel review with an orchestrator. Here’s how agents and skills work together, and what it means for shipping real software with AI.

How I built a library of reusable AI skills that handle spec writing, code review, session management, and deployment. Teaching your AI assistant repeatable workflows changes everything.

After years on Ghost hosted on Azure, I moved to Hugo on AWS. Here’s why I made the switch, what the new setup looks like, and how AI tooling helped me ship it in a weekend.

Updated guide for running Ghost blog in containers on Azure App Service with custom domains and SSL.

What you could win by giving money to kids — the Cascadian Gamers Extra Life 2017 prize list.