Alan’s Tech Blog

1) The Hook Three problems kept repeating in long coding runs: the agent paused mid-task to ask clarifying questions, checklist items got marked done without real verification, and context bloat made later steps drift. I needed execution that stayed mostly hands-off once started, with verification gates that actually held. Roo Code orchestrator solved this by splitting one large objective into scoped subtasks with explicit completion criteria and tighter context boundaries. ...

I wanted a writing setup that feels as fast as taking engineering notes: plain text in Git, predictable builds, and zero maintenance once published. Hugo with the PaperMod theme hits that target. Hugo compiles Markdown into static HTML in milliseconds, which means no runtime servers, no database dependencies, and very little operational overhead. PaperMod gives clean defaults, good readability, and practical features like table of contents, social metadata, and code-friendly typography without heavy customization. ...