Most people use AI to speed up. I use it to slow down — to debate my own thinking, surface hidden bias, and challenge myself. This is how Grok and ChatGPT became my most honest sparring partners.
In the Valley of FileMaker, we found complexity born not of malice — but of time. Through layered scripts, value lists, and fragile logic, we unraveled the tangle not with judgment, but with clarity. Together — a human and an AI — we refactored, simplified, and respected what came before. This is our story of rebuilding trust in the native tools of a misunderstood platform.
