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6a4cae2a09 add love story about jason (JSON) blog post, writing style rules
new post: semi-bipolar love story about JSON personified as Jason.
swings between euphoria & despair over structured data.

CLAUDE.md: add writing constraints to avoid "the" & verbs "to be"
in blog posts, prefer active verbs & dropped articles.
2026-02-27 12:52:28 -05:00
99f7cdd6e2 Add remote-only job preference to CLAUDE.md & netwrix cover letter 2026-02-08 10:16:35 -05:00
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2026-02-03 10:40:01 -05:00
137d65cc65 Consolidate blog tags: 57 → 23 unique tags
- Fix case duplicates (guide→Guide, project→Project, etc.)
- Consolidate single-post tags into broader categories
- Add technology tags (Python, AWS, Salt, Docker, Kubernetes) to 93 posts
- Add lib/tag_stats.py tool for checking tag usage
- Update CLAUDE.md with tag guidelines
2026-01-26 09:09:53 -05:00
3f26393bce Add cover letter format, llms.txt enhancements & Phantom/Solflare applications
- CLAUDE.md: Add cover letter RST format guide
- Makefile: Use cover-letter.style for PDF generation
- lib/generate_llms_txt.py: Add contact, payment, software, ML expertise & commission sections
- New cover letters: Phantom Backend (Money Movement), Solflare Backend Developer
- cover-letter.style: rst2pdf styling for clean PDF output
2026-01-26 08:19:50 -05:00
cfe58e9260 Document preferred build command in CLAUDE.md
Update build workflow to include 'make formats' as part of standard build:
- make clean && make html && make formats

This ensures all agent-friendly formats are generated:
- Markdown versions (index.md via pandoc)
- Plain text (index.txt)
- JSON Feed (feeds/all.json)
- JSON Blog (blog.json with Markdown content)
- AI agent onboarding (llms.txt)

Makes the preferred build workflow explicit for future reference.
2026-01-19 15:36:29 -05:00
2217bb89b3 modified: CLAUDE.md
modified:   Makefile
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2025-12-07 08:26:08 -05:00
50cb9e7f36 Add cover letters & improve writing guidelines
- Add Webflow Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI cover letter
- Add Coinbase AI Growth Lead (Staff Software Engineer) cover letter
- Add Virta Health Senior Site Reliability Engineer cover letter
- Update CLAUDE.md: NEVER use em-dashes, prefer two sentences
- Update CLAUDE.md: strengthen date checking requirements
- Add senior.software.engineer resume softlink to Makefile
- Remove em-dash from Virta cover letter closing

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2025-12-02 09:43:59 -05:00
cb39817007 modified: CLAUDE.md
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2025-11-06 12:08:34 -05:00
50792b8563 modified: CLAUDE.md
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	new file:   content/pages/cover-letters/2025-11-04-automattic-senior-systems-engineer.txt
2025-11-04 06:54:57 -05:00
8f78d1b474 Add permacomputer blog post & update writing style guide 2025-10-17 08:53:31 -04:00
a88ffaef85 Add policy to never commit helper scripts unless explicitly requested 2025-10-11 12:59:18 -04:00
80205a141a modified: CLAUDE.md 2025-10-10 18:43:45 -04:00
776a4a07f4 Fix all Pelican build errors and implement proper testing workflow
- Setup virtual environment management in Makefile
- Fix broken linkpeek RST directives in 2011 posts
- Add missing image alt attributes for accessibility
- Fix RST syntax errors and title hierarchy
- Add markdown package for proper .md support
- Update CLAUDE.md with testing workflow and critical issues
- Rename code golf post to match slug
- Clean build: 182 articles, 4 pages, zero errors
2025-10-10 18:36:08 -04:00
870ef65ff9 Add CLAUDE.md with critical git safety documentation and commit policy 2025-07-14 11:03:43 -04:00