Brett's Blog

Notes on software engineering, the Geotab co-op, and things I'm building on the side.

Connected Is Not a Health Check

July 28, 2026

I have five MCP servers running on my machine — small services that expose tools to an AI assistant, for chess stats, fantasy football, Reddit, Clash of Clans, and my...

Full Access, One Exception

July 27, 2026

I recently gave an AI assistant full, unsupervised access to my computer. Terminal, filesystem, GitHub, my Google account — the whole thing, no permission prompts, nothing standing between “I asked...

This blog is live

July 26, 2026

This is the first post on the blog section of my portfolio site — mostly just confirming the plumbing works.