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Separated from my family during El Salvador's civil war, by death and adoption, I am an author, filmmaker, and technologist.
I’ve got a short but exciting update for this month. I am now officially halfway done with my magical realism rewrite! What’s even more exciting is that I ended up completing the work three and a half weeks ahead of schedule!
As I hinted at in my November and January updates, I’ve been using AI a lot recently, which is a phrase I never thought I would write. As I’ve discussed in those updates, I’ve been a little skeptical about the technology, not because I thought it was useless, but because I thought it was
Welcome to Craft Notes Episode 2. Today, we’re talking about a concept called “The Double Bump,” which also comes from Save the Cat.
Back in November, shortly after I worked with Claude AI to get clarity on my magical realism rewrite, I was curious to see how Claude would handle web design. I’d heard a lot about how AI has been changing the software development landscape, and while I’ve been very skeptical of the hype around
Every December, I use my Author Update to reflect on the year that was. I like doing this because working on the book is slow going, and progress often only becomes apparent when looking back. For this year’s update, I thought I would do something a little different and reflect on the book project
This past month has been exciting, as I started working with Claude AI to run through a series of story-related exercises. This was a surprising development because I’ve been skeptical of AI for a while now. I’m not opposed to the technology per se, but I think it has been overhyped.
