Articles by Grizzly Peak Software

I almost killed myself with a roof beam.

I've been living on a homestead in Caswell Lakes, Alaska for a while now. And every single day, I run into problems that software should be solving but...

I've spent more on AI tools than groceries in the last 18 months. In Alaska, that's a lot of milk. Here's what actually earned its keep — and what was a waste.

Last October I got turned around on a ridge above the Little Susitna River. Not dangerously lost — I knew roughly where I was — but the game trail I'd...

My NVMe drive died on the coldest day of last winter. -38F outside, the cabin heater had cycled off during the night, and by the time I woke up the indoor...

When you live in a cabin in Caswell Lakes, Alaska, you learn quickly that the margin between "everything is fine" and "everything is a problem" is thinner...

I spent most of my career being the guy who knew things.

Here's a truth that most side hustle advice ignores: when you're over fifty, you don't have the same tolerance for busywork that you did at twenty-five.

I turned 40 in 2014. Obama was in office, Docker was barely a year old, and I was deep into a career trajectory that I thought was going exactly where it...

My neighbor Carl sells firewood.

I broke three headlamps last winter before I figured out what was actually going wrong.

I turned 52 this year. I've been writing software since Reagan was president. I've survived more technology transitions than I can count — mainframes to...

I live with bears. Not metaphorically. Not in the cute "I saw a bear once at a national park" sense. I mean I walk to my truck in the morning and check...

I published a technical book about training large language models. Not a pamphlet — a real book with working code examples, architecture diagrams, and...

I spent eighteen years building systems for companies with names you'd recognize. Fortune 500 companies with six-figure infrastructure budgets, compliance...

I split a cord of firewood last Tuesday morning before my first standup call.

Most affiliate advice sounds like it was written by someone who has never actually earned a meaningful check from affiliate revenue.

I gave away the first three chapters of my book for free. People told me I was crazy.

Last September I pulled a twenty-pound king salmon out of the Susitna River, brought it home to the cabin, and realized I had absolutely no idea what the...

I made $47.82 in affiliate commissions last month. Let that sink in before you read any further.