My path to software began in biology labs, where I automated data analysis with Python and watched elegant patterns emerge from apparent chaos. That experience shaped how I think about code: as living systems that grow, adapt, and surprise.

Today, I'm exploring how LLM augmentation is fundamentally changing software development. Using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, custom MCP servers, and Agentic systems, I've compressed my personal development cycles from weeks to days, and in some cases hours, not through shortcuts, but through a new form of collaborative thinking.

What excites me isn't just the velocity gain. It's the qualitative shift in how we create. When an AI suggests a refactor I hadn't considered, or completes not just my syntax but my intentions, we're witnessing something new: a form of extended cognition that augments, and even amplifies, human creativity rather than replacing it.