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Cal Evans

I am a man of many skills, but few talents.

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# Cal Evans

> I am a man of many skills, but few talents.

## Selfies with Kathy

- [Selfies with Kathy](https://calevans.com/kathy-selfies.md): A gallery of selfies with Kathy.

## Privacy Policy

- [Privacy Policy](https://calevans.com/privacy-policy.md): My plain-spoken promise: I respect your privacy.

## Contact Cal

- [Contact Cal](https://calevans.com/contact-cal.md): I'd love to hear from you. Send us a message!

## Resume of Cal Evans

- [Resume of Cal Evans](https://calevans.com/resume.md): Resume of Cal Evans

## I built my wife a band. The lock on the vault was the real story.

- [I built my wife a band. The lock on the vault was the real story.](https://calevans.com/blog/i-built-my-wife-a-band.md): This is an article about a vault. The one in the back of my head marked 'you don't have the talent for this.' It just lost its lock, and I want to tell you how.

## Stay away from the dark corners of your mind

- [Stay away from the dark corners of your mind](https://calevans.com/blog/stay-away-from-the-dark-corners-of-your-mind.md): A personal story about the dangers of pushing software developers too hard and the lasting impact it can have.

## The Pipeline Hands Me Back Hours

- [The Pipeline Hands Me Back Hours](https://calevans.com/blog/the-pipeline-hands-me-back-hours.md): DaVinci Resolve ships with an API Claude can connect to. I asked for a pipeline instead of an edit, and got my evenings back.

## I've Never Lost Sleep Over an Agent

- [I've Never Lost Sleep Over an Agent](https://calevans.com/blog/ive-never-lost-sleep-over-an-agent.md): AI agents and developers are not the same thing to manage. One costs tokens when it fails. The other can cost you sleep.

## The New Developer Superpower Isn't Writing Code

- [The New Developer Superpower Isn't Writing Code](https://calevans.com/blog/new-developer-superpower.md): AI writes code faster than most developers can type. The bottleneck is no longer implementation — it's judgment. And judgment is the one thing the agent can never have.

## The Excuse Ran Out of Road

- [The Excuse Ran Out of Road](https://calevans.com/blog/the-excuse-ran-out-of-road.md): A Sr. Technical Program Manager who writes zero lines of code is the top AI user on his team, and in the top 10% of the company, developers included. The role was never the excuse.

## Open Teams

- [Open Teams](https://calevans.com/blog/open_teams.md): Open source projects thrive by inspiring developers to be passionate about their work. What if your corporate team could do the same? This article explores how to apply the principles of open source to build better, more motivated corporate teams.

## I Was the Reset Button

- [I Was the Reset Button](https://calevans.com/blog/i-was-the-reset-button.md): I hacked a $50 picture frame into a home dashboard. I can't use a soldering iron. My entire contribution was a bent paperclip and a clear idea of what I wanted.

## I Learned About AI from a 40-Year-Old Chatbot

- [I Learned About AI fr
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