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AI Engineering: What I Learned Turning a Personal AI Project Into a Live System

Posted on August 11, 2026 in AI • Tagged with AI, Supply Chain, Automation, System Design


Keeping up with technological change in the supply chain world had become increasingly difficult.

There was no shortage of information. Every week brought new articles, vendor announcements, podcasts, research, product updates, and opinions covering warehouse automation, robotics, AI, transportation, fulfillment, and emerging platforms.

The challenge was not finding information.

The …


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Hermes and OpenClaw on a VPS: A Practical Multi-Agent Architecture

Posted on July 10, 2026 in AI • Tagged with AI, Hermes, OpenClaw, Multi-Agent, VPS, Telegram, Architecture

Running more than one AI agent on a VPS does not have to mean building a large orchestration platform. A simpler pattern is to run separate agent runtimes, give each one a clear responsibility, and route requests to the right worker.

This post documents the current Hermes and OpenClaw arrangement …


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How to Connect Hermes to a Local Browser from a VPS with an SSH Reverse Tunnel

Posted on July 09, 2026 in AI • Tagged with AI, Hermes, Browser Automation, SSH, VPS, Remote Debugging

When Hermes runs on a VPS, it cannot directly reach a browser session running on your local machine.

If you want Hermes to control your local Edge or Chrome browser, the most reliable approach is:

  1. start the browser with remote debugging enabled
  2. expose that local debugging port through an SSH …

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How I Reduced OpenClaw Token Usage by Tightening Instructions

Posted on June 28, 2026 in AI • Tagged with AI, OpenClaw, Optimize

While running OpenClaw on a VPS, I started noticing high token usage, slower responses, and occasional token-per-minute pressure from the model provider. At first, I assumed the issue was mainly caused by my workspace instruction files like AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, TOOLS.md, USER.md, and IDENTITY.md.

But after …


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My Take on the McKinsey Report: Automation Is Coming for Tasks, Not Entire Professions

Posted on March 25, 2026 in AI • Tagged with AI, Automation, Careers, Software Engineering, McKinsey

McKinsey Skill Change Index showing exposure to automation across skill categories

My Take on the McKinsey Report

The image above appears to be based on McKinsey’s Skill Change Index, highlighted in Agents, robots, and us: Skill partnerships in the age of AI and referenced again in Skills reset for the AI age.12

McKinsey’s broad message is clear …


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In the Age of AI, Judgment Beats Syntax

Posted on November 23, 2025 in AI • Tagged with AI, Development, System Design

In the Age of AI, Judgment Beats Syntax

Junior developer roles are shrinking.

Not because companies suddenly dislike junior talent.
Because the definition of entry-level contribution is changing faster than most teams expected.

Work that once took a junior developer weeks or months to learn and deliver can now be …


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