Episode 47 - The Caroling Conifer
his is what happens when you let an engineer use AI to try to play Jingle Bells. Spoiler: it's bad. But also kind of wonderful?
Christopher Moravec
Claude Clue #3: Keep the Golden Thread
When you're working with a large file or a sprawling context, Claude can lose the plot—not because it's incapable, but because there's too much.
Episode 46 - What is this a map of?
New year, new tool! Our first episode of 2026 tells the story of how I built the Accessible Map Agent, a new way to make maps understandable for everyone.
Claude Clue #2: Stop Commanding, Start Checkpointing
Most of us learned to interact with computers through search engines—type a command, get a result. So we bring that same energy to Claude: "Give me...
Episode 45 - AEH Wrapped 2025
My dentist sent me a Wrapped this year. Apparently, I was in the top 15% of flossers in their practice...
Claude Clue #1: Start by Letting Claude Ask the Questions
Before you dive into your next coding session with Claude, take a breath. The secret to a productive session isn't cramming everything into one per...
Episode 44 - Hello, Computer
I've been talking to my computer. Like, out loud. Full conversations. I use the dictation feature on my MacBook to tell Claude what I want instead of typing it, and I can't believe it took me this long to figure this out.
Episode 43 - Draw Me a Red Line Around …
You can send satellite imagery to an LLM, ask it to "draw a red box around every swimming pool," and then extract those red boxes as vector features. No GPU required. No domain-specific training. Just an API call and some image processing.
Episode 42 - All the ways to classify imagery in ArcGIS with AI
I try to explain the different AI tools in ArcGIS that can classify or extract information from imagery.
Episode 41 - Using AI to Take the Temperature of the Room
This week I make an AI powered thermometer to take the temperature of conversation in a room! Perfect for Thanksgiving politics discussions.