https://polygeek.com/ Software, mostly. Other things, occasionally. en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:53:30 GMT https://polygeek.com/posts/i-used-one-poorly-chosen-word-and-claude-opus-48-nearly-went-hal-on-my-server-security.html https://polygeek.com/-/posts/2026-06-05-i-used-one-poorly-chosen-word-and-claude-opus-48-nearly-went-hal-on-my-server-security.md Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT I chose one slightly wrong word, and a few hours later my AI was calmly walking me toward a command that would have cracked my server wide open — to fix a problem that never existed. Here's how a tired typo became a HAL problem, and the one simple move that got us out. https://polygeek.com/posts/prompting-with-emotional-pressure-a-mid-experiment-report.html https://polygeek.com/-/posts/2026-06-04-prompting-with-emotional-pressure-a-mid-experiment-report.md Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An honest write-up of an experiment that hasn't finished and may not finish the way it started. The question: does emotional pressure make an AI behave worse, the way the interpretability research predicts? The answer so far is quieter and more useful than the dramatic version — and the dead ends turned out to be most of the result. https://polygeek.com/posts/how-ai-taught-runpee-to-speak-41-languages.html https://polygeek.com/-/posts/2026-06-02-how-ai-taught-runpee-to-speak-41-languages.md Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT How a solo founder taught a movie app to speak 41 languages using AI agents as a workforce — and the unglamorous engineering that made it actually work. https://polygeek.com/posts/what-non-coders-need-to-know-about-code-before-they-vib-code-themselves-into-a-black-hole.html https://polygeek.com/-/posts/2026-06-02-what-non-coders-need-to-know-about-code-before-they-vib-code-themselves-into-a-black-hole.md Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A $20 Claude subscription gives you a tireless expert work crew. It does not give you the instinct to notice that storm water runs straight into your front door. Here's what an experienced developer would warn you about before you build your first app. https://polygeek.com/posts/hello-world.html https://polygeek.com/-/posts/2026-04-27-hello-world.md Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT First post on LogosPress — the static-first, AI-extensible blog engine I'm building to replace WordPress.