https://andrew.codes/ I create robust, scalable applications and drive engineering teams. 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z James Andrew Smith https://andrew.codes https://andrew.codes/posts/workflow-delegated 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

I went from VS Code to Zed to a terminal-only agentic workflow. Here is the tooling that finally let me run several threads of work at once, and what it cost me to get there.

https://andrew.codes/posts/devtools-declared 2026-08-10T00:00:00Z 2026-08-10T00:00:00Z

Four months ago I argued that Ansible was the right tool for automating my dev environment. I have since deleted all of it and replaced it with Nix. Here is what changed my mind.

https://andrew.codes/posts/devtools-revisited 2026-04-22T00:00:00Z 2026-04-22T00:00:00Z

I rewrote my dev environment automation from scratch, trading bash scripts for Ansible playbooks. Here's what changed, what got harder, and whether it was worth it.

https://andrew.codes/posts/voice-assistant 2026-04-07T00:00:00Z 2026-04-07T00:00:00Z

A practical walkthrough of my home automation voice assistant, including goals, architecture, and a live demo.

https://andrew.codes/posts/agile-forecasting 2024-09-18T00:00:00Z 2024-09-18T00:00:00Z

Learn how to use this data-driven forecasting technique as a more effective way to predict project timelines.

https://andrew.codes/posts/agile-estimation 2023-11-14T00:00:00Z 2023-11-14T00:00:00Z

Understand the role of estimation and effective ways to utilize it.

https://andrew.codes/posts/devtools 2023-05-19T00:00:00Z 2023-05-19T00:00:00Z

Show the development tools I love and how I've automated setting up my development environment.

https://andrew.codes/posts/guest-presence-detection 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z

Detetermine if there are guests based on when they connect to the guest wi-fi. Useful with presence based home automations.

https://andrew.codes/posts/react-with-relay-graphql-talk 2015-07-22T00:00:00Z 2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

Focusing on GraphQL and how it may impact React in the future.

https://andrew.codes/posts/jest-vs-mocha-why-jest-wins 2014-09-10T00:00:00Z 2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

An early assessment of the Jest testing framework and comparisons to mocha/karma.

https://andrew.codes/posts/software-craftsmanship 2014-07-08T00:00:00Z 2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

Understanding software craftsmanship and my determination to seek constant improvement.