Hi, I'm Ritchie
Welcome to my digital home since 2000. I'm a technology professional, parent, and serial rebuilder of perfectly functional things based in Vancouver, Canada. If something's broken here, I probably "improved" it last weekend. Take a look around and see what catches your interest.
AI and the Art of Overcomplicating Simple Things
While the industry debates whether AI will replace designers (most likely not) and developers embrace “vibe coding,” I was learning a different lesson: the problem isn’t whether AI can do the work—it’s figuring out which work actually needs doing...
Featured Series
An honest look at using AI to redesign a website from scratch. Spoiler: it's not as easy as YouTube makes it look, but the journey is worth sharing.
Fair Warning
This is where I think out loud about whatever's currently occupying my mind. Most times it's stuff that may or may not have completely taken over my life.
I write to process my own learning and share what might be useful to others—assuming I haven't completely overthought myself into a corner again. No grand expertise claims here, just genuine curiosity and the occasional breakthrough that somehow survived my tendency to over-engineer everything.