Ashlie Crooks — Writing https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/ Essays on building software and engineering AI workflows. en-us Treating Prompts Like Code https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/treating-prompts-like-code.html https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/treating-prompts-like-code.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why I treat prompts like code — versioned artifacts with typed inputs, evaluation criteria, and an iteration log where every rule is a bug the model made once and never gets to make again. Do You Remember When the Internet Was Neat? https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/keep-it-neat.html https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/keep-it-neat.html Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why I started Keep It Neat — a small series of ad-free, no-tracking replacement apps for the everyday things that have quietly gotten worse. Claude Code + Obsidian: Executive Function as a Service https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/claude-code-obsidian-executive-function.html https://ashliecrooks.dev/writing/claude-code-obsidian-executive-function.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT I built a multi-agent executive-function system out of Claude Code and an Obsidian vault — assistive tech for an ADHD brain, and a case study in context architecture.