Lochie Ashcroft

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The decks editor: slide navigator, visual canvas showing the Context slide, and the live deck.html source pane

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slides.com is built on reveal.js, so the subscription buys the canvas, not the engine. I already had the engine. Here’s the editor I built for the missing part, what it cost, and what I still don’t know about it.

July 11, 2026 · 9 min · Lochie Ashcroft

The Super Sprint

Sprint Planning is dead. Story Points are a legacy tax. The era of the Super Sprint is here.

April 9, 2026 · 9 min · Lochie Ashcroft

Model-First Companies

What happens when code is disposable. Predictions on security, SRE, the death of the developer workstation, and why most companies aren’t ready.

March 15, 2026 · 11 min · Lochie Ashcroft

Ralph Experiment - SQLite UI

Using the Ralph technique with Claude Code to autonomously build a browser-based SQLite UI from a generated PRD.

January 10, 2026 · 19 min · Lochie Ashcroft

Homelab

A walkthrough of my compact, energy-efficient homelab — the hardware, 3D-printed rack, and software stack running on it.

June 15, 2024 · 7 min · Lochie Ashcroft