Sarah Gerrard
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Full-Stack Software Developer and Technical Writter
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Recent articles
View allWhy I’m Building My Own Home Server
January 30, 2026•972 words
Exploring the motivation behind why I'm building a home server.
AI Context as Configuration, Not Prompts
January 21, 2026•1,579 words
Stop repeating yourself in every prompt. Use files like agents.md to define project conventions, rules for universal constraints, and skills for optional capabilities. Prompts stay focused on the task, context lives where it belongs, and behaviour becomes predictable.
Making Mistakes in Public Isn’t a Failure
January 14, 2026•776 words
Working in public means being visible while learning. That isn’t a weakness—it’s how real software gets built.
Ads as a Performance Budget Problem
January 7, 2026•1,300 words
Exploring how ads impact website performance and strategies to manage their effects.