From IDE to AI orchestration: The end of code-first development
How AI coding tools evolved from autocomplete to autonomous agents, and why I expect to abandon my IDE entirely this month.
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Domain Migrator: Automating bulk domain transfers to Cloudflare
A Chrome extension that automates the tedious process of transferring multiple domains from GoDaddy or Squarespace to Cloudflare.
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From IDE to AI orchestration crosspost
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RAMBar: A macOS menu bar RAM monitor for developers
A native macOS menu bar app for tracking memory usage across Claude Code sessions, VS Code workspaces, Chrome tabs, and Python processes.
TerminalGrid: Turn VS Code into a Claude Code superterminal
A VS Code extension for keyboard-driven terminal grid management with project picker and auto-launch for AI coding tools.
The definitive QALY analysis of nuts
A rigorous, evidence-based Monte Carlo simulation estimating the lifetime health impact of different nut types. The most comprehensive quantitative nut health analysis available.
How to Use MDX for Interactive Posts
This blog supports MDX, allowing you to embed React components, Plotly charts, and interactive elements directly in posts.
VAT thresholds, revenues, and the role of counterfactuals
Debunking claims that raising the UK VAT threshold would increase tax revenues through growth effects.
Analysis of individual income tax provisions in the final reconciliation bill
### Analysis of individual income tax provisions in the final reconciliation bill
Introducing the obbba household explorer
### Introducing the OBBBA Household Explorer
AI models favor Cuomo over Mamdani on NYC housing production
An experiment using six AI models to forecast NYC housing production under two mayoral candidates.
Ways and means committee’s SALT cap
### Ways and Means Committee’s SALT Cap
What will the House Ways & Means Committee propose on Tuesday?
Analysis of the proposed individual income tax reforms and what the markup process will look like.
My 2024 in code: Personal projects and AI tools
How AI helped me build useful software while leading PolicyEngine.
Elon Musk's AI predicts Americans will be $800 richer under Harris
A large-scale experiment asking leading AI models to forecast key economic metrics under different presidential administrations.
How the rent relief act of 2019 varies with income and location
### How the Rent Relief Act of 2019 Varies with Income and Location
Individual income tax provisions in minnesota bill hf1938 (2023)
### Individual Income Tax Provisions in Minnesota Bill HF1938 (2023)
Kamala harris’s child tax credit proposal
### Kamala Harris’s Child Tax Credit Proposal
Analysis of JD vance’s $5,000 child tax credit proposal
### Analysis of JD Vance’s $5,000 Child Tax Credit Proposal
Individual income tax provisions of president biden’s 2025 budget
### Individual income tax provisions of President Biden’s 2025 Budget
Child tax credit provisions of the tax relief for american workers and families act
### Child Tax Credit Provisions of the Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act
Wyden-smith child tax credit expansion
### Wyden-Smith Child Tax Credit Expansion
Scott winship’s individualized earned income tax credit proposal
### Scott Winship’s individualized Earned Income Tax Credit proposal
Analysis of “guaranteed income for the 21st century”
### Analysis of “Guaranteed Income for the 21st Century”
Analysis of the DC financial support for families with children amendment act
### Analysis of the DC Financial Support for Families with Children Amendment Act
Revolutionizing policy analysis with AI
### Revolutionizing policy analysis with AI
How much should james medlock donate to givedirectly?
### How much should James Medlock donate to GiveDirectly?
Massachusetts governor maura healey’s FY 2024 budget recommendation
### Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s FY 2024 Budget Recommendation
Restoration of the american rescue plan act’s expanded child tax credit
### Restoration of the American Rescue Plan Act’s expanded Child Tax Credit
The child tax credit in 2023
### The Child Tax Credit in 2023
How would reforms affect cliffs?
### How would reforms affect cliffs?
Enhancing the current population survey for policy analysis
### Enhancing the Current Population Survey for policy analysis
Tax cuts in prime minister truss’s growth plan 2022
### Tax cuts in Prime Minister Truss’s Growth Plan 2022
Impact of the chancellor’s cost of living support package
### Impact of the Chancellor’s Cost of Living Support package
Why I'm a neoliberal
My political philosophy and why I identify with neoliberalism - emphasizing evidence-based policy, market mechanisms, and a strong social safety net.
Income tax cuts rishi sunak is reportedly considering
### Income Tax cuts Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering
Make everyone a policymaker
### Make Everyone a Policymaker
In appointing their newest member, the ventura city council only pretended to care about housing
### In appointing their newest member, the Ventura City Council only pretended to care about housing
Basic income plans from congressional candidates mike broihier and suraj patel
### Basic income plans from congressional candidates Mike Broihier and Suraj Patel
If you earned more in 2019 than 2018, don’t file your 2019 taxes yet! otherwise, file asap!
### If you earned more in 2019 than 2018, don’t file your 2019 taxes yet! Otherwise, file ASAP!
What we learned about basic income in 2019
### What we learned about basic income in 2019
Why i’ve taken the giving what we can pledge
### Why I’ve taken the Giving What We Can pledge
Ventura county must end its unsheltered homelessness
### Ventura County must end its unsheltered homelessness
Warren’s wealth tax would raise less than she claims — even using her economists’ own assumptions
### Warren’s wealth tax would raise less than she claims — even using her economists’ own assumptions
A budget-neutral version of Andrew yang’s freedom dividend
### A budget-neutral version of Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend
Distributional analysis of Andrew yang’s freedom dividend
### Distributional analysis of Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend
Andrew yang’s troubling Tucker Carlson interview
### Andrew Yang’s Troubling Tucker Carlson Interview
Quantile regression, from linear models to trees to deep learning
### Quantile regression, from linear models to trees to deep learning
We should replace the child tax credit with a universal child benefit
### We should replace the Child Tax Credit with a universal child benefit
The case for a wonky basic income plan
### The Case For a Wonky Basic Income Plan
Reddit featured a misleading headline on education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos
### Reddit Featured a Misleading Headline on Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos
Uber’s tipping settlement will reduce earnings of african-american drivers
### Uber’s Tipping Settlement Will Reduce Earnings of African-American Drivers
If we can afford our current welfare system, we can afford basic income
