Articles by Grizzly Peak Software

Building a production-ready Azure DevOps MCP server with 100+ tools and 258 passing tests—across two sessions totaling 6 hours. First session: implementing critical tools while watching Dune on the couch. Second session: giving Claude Code clear instructions and going to sleep. What this experiment reveals about AI-assisted development, specification-first design, and the future of developer tooling.

Learn how to transform your personal APIs into sustainable revenue streams using proven usage-based billing strategies from the fintech industry. This comprehensive guide covers per-request billing, tiered subscriptions, and compute-time models, with real-world examples from Plaid, Stripe, and Dwolla. Includes technical implementation details, pricing psychology, and a complete checklist for building your billing infrastructure.

A JavaScript-first guide to AI agents—what they are, how single-agent systems work, and when to scale into multi-agent architectures for real-world applications.

A hiring manager’s perspective on the computer software engineer job outlook and web programmer job description, based on real-world experience building and hiring for production systems in regulated industries.

Under 500 lines of vanilla JS and Express. No React, no frameworks. Just a working voice AI agent with OpenAI, real bug fixes, and working code.

In December 2025, America’s job market tells two very different stories: a massive wave of Baby Boomer retirements is flooding healthcare, trades, and government with openings, while tech remains frozen in an AI-driven hiring drought. This split-screen reality explains why software engineers face endless rejections even as the broader economy booms—and why steady, regulated fields like financial services are quietly becoming one of the safest harbors for experienced developers.

Learn step-by-step how we built a web app that converts your photo + prompt into blister-pack action-figure art using OpenAI’s new image API.

Discover a sleek, browser-based JavaScript tool to parse WordPress XML exports into CSV, with stylish design and HubSpot detection—open-sourced on GitHub for easy site data extraction.

Feeling burnout as a software engineer? Explore rewarding alternative careers leveraging your tech skills—from product management and UX design to data science—to regain balance and satisfaction.

CrawlCaptain has been discontinued and is no longer accepting sign-ups. This article is kept as a record of what the AI-powered SEO crawler did and why it was built — with a pointer to building your own crawler instead.

Learn how Model Context Protocol (MCP) works as a universal connector between AI and data sources. Build your own Memory Server to give Claude persistent memory capabilities, and explore the expanding ecosystem of MCP tools and resources.

Discover the SEO Crawler, an innovative Node.js tool that blends advanced AI with comprehensive SEO auditing to streamline your website's performance and optimization. Featuring intelligent, actionable insights powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini, detailed performance analytics via Puppeteer, automated sitemap generation, and beautifully crafted HTML reports, this crawler is essential for developers, marketers, and business owners alike. Learn how to effortlessly improve your site's search rankings, enhance user experience, and drive organic growth—all through an intuitive, AI-driven approach.

Build a secure API gateway with NGINX, OAuth 2.0, Node.js microservices, and an authenticated dashboard. Learn modern web architecture!

Azure AI Agent Service: Microsoft's new managed platform that lets businesses create AI assistants to automate tasks - like having a digital workforce that never sleeps.

A software developer's journey from Colorado tech to building a hand-crafted cabin in Alaska, blending remote work with frontier living to achieve his homesteading dreams.

Discover Bubba, your AI personal assistant crafted using ChatGPT and OpenAPI. With a fun, upbeat, and quirky personality, Bubba helps you become ultra-productive by managing tasks and calendar events. Learn how Bubba was built and how he brings efficiency with a smile.

WordPress blocks WP Engine from updates. Users face security risks. Manual updates and community solutions emerge. Developers seek long-term fixes amid ongoing dispute.

AI-assisted development of "Space Mining Adventure" game using Claude 3.5 Sonnet and SpritesheetGPT. From concept to deployment, AI accelerated the process.

I used GPT o-1 mini to build a Dune-inspired game with one prompt, showing how AI can accelerate app development and amplify engineers' capabilities.

Learn to create a simple QR code generator using Node.js. This tutorial covers setup, code implementation, and customization, with a link to the full GitHub repo.