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A Blog by Holly French

Teaching Myself SLAM By Making Claude Code Teach Itself SLAM

August 16, 2026

Last year, when Claude Code started getting really good, I asked Claude to teach me the SLAM algorithm, and so we built a working prototype together. It wasn’t perfect, but I learned quite a lot. At Fieldwire, we’ve been doing quite a lot of work with our Computer Vision researchers, so this seemed like a good opportunity to give myself a crash course on both CV concepts as well as a chance to play with Claude Code a bit more outside of my normal workday.

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AI and Imposter Syndrome: A Paradox

August 14, 2026

I’m far from the only person who has felt the dreaded Imposter Syndrome in their career. In high school and college, I studied, took hard classes, and got pretty good grades. Did pretty well in coding interviews.

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Seven Reasons Engineers Hate Their Managers in the Age of AI

August 12, 2026

AI has changed a lot in our day-to-day as EMs and ICs. Here are seven reasons engineers are losing trust in their managers right now, but also the case for hope.

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Blogging is Dead. Long Live the Blog!

August 11, 2026

If I see ONE MORE AI slop blog post, I’m gonna scream. Maybe not scream, but at least unsubscribe from your posts. Then loudly and overconfidently decree that blogging is dead. That said, I have a lot of uncorralled thoughts about the tech industry that I’ve been asking a lot of friends, peers, and colleagues to pick apart. I’ve been picking the brains of EMs at other tech companies, and their thoughts range from “I want to burn the whole thing to the ground right now” to “AI has empowered so many people to move faster, take risks, and do more.” I don’t know specifically where I land on this spectrum just yet.

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