Ai — Chad Metcalf

February 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Red Ocean
Sam Lambert posted: “Thanks to AI we are about to enter the golden age of infrastructure.” I’d already been writing Space Cowboys when I saw it. He’s right. And things are about to get very interesting.
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February 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Space Cowboys
Martin Casado posted something that made me start writing. “Nearly every board meeting: ‘Hiring strong infra folks is incredibly hard right now.’”
I know exactly where those folks went. I used to be one of them.
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February 20, 2026 · 4 min read
Vibe Building
I asked an LLM to help me figure out the stair design for my round house. I’ve got a 24-foot diameter, 10'8" wall height, center ring at 15 feet, and I need code-compliant stairs to a loft. California says max 7¾" riser, min 10" tread, 36" wide. The LLM gave me a clean L-shaped layout with storage under each run. Dimensions worked. Riser count was right. It even suggested lift-up treads for blanket storage.
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