James Williams - Anthropology Researcher and Network Software Engineer
I'm James Williams—Software Engineer by profession. Anthropologist by education. Explorer and wanderer at heart. Curious by nature.
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Latest Research Posts
The Ausangate Prophecy and Glacial Retreat
April 9, 2026
There is a prophecy about Ausangate. It says the mountain will turn grey, then black, until it becomes a mountain of black cinder. The world as it is known will end.
Applying the Software Development Lifecycle to AI-Assisted Coding with Claude Code
February 25, 2026
The rise of AI coding tools has introduced a new and often underestimated challenge: without structure, they tend to produce unstructured results. Many developers new to AI-assisted development treat these tools as a shortcut, submitting loosely defined prompts and expecting production-ready code in return. The results are predictably inconsistent.