Mike Grouchy's blog about software development, product, and leadershiphttps://mikegrouchy.com/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/the-five-minute-app/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/the-five-minute-app/Why building small personal tools is the best way to stay sharp, and why AI makes it a practice anyone can adoptMon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTaitoolsprojectssoftwareleadershiphi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/ai-enabled-software-development-and-jevons-paradox/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/ai-enabled-software-development-and-jevons-paradox/AI reduces the cost of building software. History says that means we'll build more of it, not less.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTaisoftwareeconomicshi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/taste-is-the-new-meta/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/taste-is-the-new-meta/Everyone says taste is the new differentiator. They're half right.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiproductstastehi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/ai-and-the-cost-of-experimentation/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/ai-and-the-cost-of-experimentation/How AI collapses the cost of trying things, for developers and everyone elseTue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiproductssoftwarehi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/junior-developers-and-ai/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/junior-developers-and-ai/The skills that make a great developer haven't changed. The path to building them has. Nobody has figured out the new path yet.Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTaicareersoftwarehiringhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/building-a-dictee-app-for-my-kid/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/building-a-dictee-app-for-my-kid/How a living room frustration became a working desktop app before bedtimeThu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiprojectstoolspythonparentingfrenchhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/hoopsmachine-beta/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/hoopsmachine-beta/Hoopsmachine is live in beta. Come check it out and tell me what's broken.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTprojectsbasketballside-projectshi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/be-pythonic-__init__py/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/be-pythonic-__init__py/Modern guidance on __init__.py, namespace packages, and clean exportsThu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTpythontutorialsupdatedhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/ai-and-ceoing-2026/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/ai-and-ceoing-2026/How AI pulled me back toward building while keeping me focused on the work only a CEO can doWed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTaimanagementproductivitytoolshi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/hoopsmachine/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/hoopsmachine/After 14 years of false starts, I'm finally shipping the basketball news aggregator I've always wanted to build.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTprojectsbasketballside-projectshi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/giving-a-shit/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/giving-a-shit/The underrated career superpowerThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTcareermanagementhiringhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/yes-your-code-does-need-comments/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/yes-your-code-does-need-comments/Why code comments are essential for capturing intentTue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTsoftwarebest-practiceshi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/using-johnny-cache-with-heroku-and-memcachier/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/using-johnny-cache-with-heroku-and-memcachier/How to create a custom backend to make Johnny Cache work with Memcachier on HerokuThu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTpythondjangoherokuhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/write-less-code/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/write-less-code/Your job isn't to write code. It's to solve problems with as little code as possibleTue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMTsoftwarebest-practiceshi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/introducing-pycoders-weekly/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/introducing-pycoders-weekly/Announcing the launch of Pycoder's Weekly, a curated Python newsletterTue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTprojectspythonpycoders-weeklyhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/zsh-is-your-friend/https://mikegrouchy.com/blog/zsh-is-your-friend/Why you should consider switching from Bash to ZshTue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTtoolsproductivityhi@mikegrouchy.com (Mike Grouchy)