Charles Emary

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Fall of the House of Echelon - Revelation

Fall of the House of Echelon - The Fall

Fall of the House of Echelon - Wastelands

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Global Program Manager | AWS Cloud Architect | Engineering Manager | Technical Project Management Colorado • …

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Why Your IVR Is Broken Before It's Built: The Design Document Problem

Part 1 of 2. The Symptoms Everyone Recognizes Anyone who has shipped an IVR knows the pattern. Requirements go …

Measuring AI Productivity Gains in Software Development

Introduction AI has arrived, and it is everywhere. It writes code, drafts documents, summarizes meetings, …

Fixing the Broken IVR: The Dispatch Pattern

Part 2 of the IVR design series. Read Part 1: Why Your IVR Is Broken Before It’s Built. Separating the …

The Interface Is the Bottleneck

We spent billions making software easier for humans to use. Agents don’t need any of it, and the …

The 2026 Rollout of Circling Dragons Apiary

Last winter was brutal. We started with four hives at Circling Dragons, three of them very strong and …

Weekend with Sifu Kelly

Sifu Kelly and I had a great weekend getting some solid work in: tai chi, planning stick seminars, and more. …

Way of the Stick

Foundations of Filipino Stick Fighting Taught by Sifu Martin Kelly, with assistant Chuck Emary Seminar …

Tai Chi Seminar

Taught by Sifu Martin Kelly, with assistant Chuck Emary Seminar Overview A four-hour seminar covering Tai Chi …

The Straw Was Never the Problem

Let me tell you what my environmentalism actually looks like, because it matters for what comes next. My …

A Morning at the Database

This article is part of the Micro AI series. This morning I ran a database test. 54 files generated. By hand, …

Goldilocks and the Three AI Yahoos

This article is part of the Micro AI series. Goldilocks and the Three AI Yahoos Loosely based on real events …

Time Tracking with a Claude Skill

This article is part of the Micro AI series. This week’s article is a simple one. It’s about a …

Dear Company I've Never Heard Of: Thanks for Losing My Social Security Number

A letter arrived a couple weeks ago. Professional letterhead, formal language, deeply apologetic tone. A …

Building and Using a Git-Based Ticket System

This article is Part Four in a series exploring better approaches to project management and development …

Closing the Loop on AI-Driven Development

This is part three in a series. Part one was my opinion on why project management is broken — not so much the …

Reimagining Project Management, Part 2: Building the Tool We Actually Need

In Part 1 of this series , I made the case that project management is broken — not the people, but the …

PM Agent: Rethinking Project Management from the Ground Up

The Problem Traditional project management tooling is broken in a specific, predictable way. A senior …

The "Agentic AI Will Save Support" Narrative — A Reality Check

I recently came across a LinkedIn post from Forethought. Their infographic confidently declared that the …

DeWalt FlexVolt 18-Inch Chainsaw Review

Over the last ten years or so, I’ve steadily invested in the DeWalt 20-volt lithium-ion tool ecosystem. …

Yes, AI Is Coming for Your Job

Recently, something floated across my feed from a C-level executive confidently declaring that no, AI is not …

Micro-AI: Personal Operational Efficiency Through AI

Every day, feeds are filled with articles warning that AI is “taking jobs.” I’ve written …

Nothing is Free

“Free” Apps are Not Free The Cost Is Always Paid by Someone There’s a popular idea in software that apps …

EmberLog Privacy Statement

App Privacy – Data Not Collected English Emberlog does not collect data from users. The Emberlog application …

EmberLog Support

EmberLog Support デザイン哲学ドーパミンより規律。このアプリは、シンプルで手間のかからない記録を通じて、一貫した運動習慣を築く手助けをするために設計されています。ゲーミフィケーションなし、連続記録なし …