The JPLA

The JPLA

Project Principles

AI Coding. SPQR. Golden Crowns. Iteration. Roger Federer. Train. Jack Daniels. Hugging Face Breach. And Virgil.

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J. Scott
Sep 16, 2026
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I almost sent this to the cutting room floor; yet, I couldn’t quite kill my darlings. Sorry, Faulkner, I did rid the universe of a few paragraphs. The challenge is the editing. This is nearly 3,000 words and is an article trio mashed into a solo act: vibe coding cheapening a profession, quick prototyping benefits, and the importance of principles, not j…

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