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Budget Auto Rental: The Rental Process From Start to Finish
Booking a 12-passenger van from Budget sounded straightforward. It wasn't. From a confusing website to a three-hour line, a denied deposit, and a...
Joseph Crawford
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Hilton Aqua Sol Resort Review: The Best Place to Stay in Florida
We've stayed at the Hilton Aqua Sol in Winter Garden, Florida multiple times — including for our wedding in August 2024. Affordable pricing, an...
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2026 Ford Transit 15-Passenger Van Review: 3,000 Miles to Disney and Back
A family road trip to Disney World put the 2026 Ford Transit through its paces. Over 3,000 miles, 11 passengers, and 65 hours behind the wheel —...
family
Our 2026 Disney World Vacation
No buildup, no countdown, no planning posts. We just... went. A surprise family trip to Magic Kingdom, staying at the Hilton Aqua Sol in Winter...
ai
SpaceX Is Buying Cursor for $60 Billion — and I Can't Wait to See What Comes Next
SpaceX just made it official: it's acquiring the AI coding startup behind Cursor in a $60 billion all-stock deal. Here's why the pairing could unlock...
development
TypeScript 7.0 Beta: The Compiler Rewritten in Go and What It Means for Your Projects
TypeScript 7.0 Beta swaps the bootstrapped TypeScript compiler for a native Go port—and claims roughly 10× faster builds. But the real story is more...
ai
PHP Can See Now: Vision Capabilities for AI Agents Are Here
The Neuron AI framework just added image understanding to PHP agents. That's not a small thing—PHP powers over half the web, and until now, building...
ai
Building Long-Running AI Agents That Actually Survive: A Practical Look at Google's ADK
Most agent tutorials build stateless chatbots that forget everything when the container restarts. Google's Agent Development Kit takes a different...
ai
GPT-5.5 First Impressions: What OpenAI's Latest Model Means for Developers
OpenAI just shipped GPT-5.5 with big claims about agentic coding, efficiency, and real-world autonomy. I haven't tried it yet—but here's what the...
AI
Qwen3.6-27B: Flagship Coding Performance You Can Run on Your Laptop
Qwen's newest 27-billion-parameter dense model claims to outperform the previous 397B MoE flagship on coding benchmarks—and it fits in 17GB of RAM....
ai
OpenAI Codex Expanded: A Developer's Guide to the New AI Pair Programmer
OpenAI just released a major Codex update with computer use, in-app browser, image generation, 90+ new plugins, and memory. Here's what developers...
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Huupe Mini Review: Smart Basketball Hoop with Big Promise, Mixed Execution
The Huupe Mini is an ambitious smart basketball hoop with AI shot tracking, HD display, and streaming built in. After weeks of use—and a full...
ai
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS: A Practical Guide to Building Dynamic Voice Interfaces
Google's new text-to-speech model introduces promptable audio tags for granular control. Here's how to use them in real projects—from audiobooks to...
ai
Claude Opus 4.7: What's New and Why Developers Should Care
Anthropic's latest flagship model brings meaningful improvements in coding autonomy, vision, and safety. Here's what changed between 4.6 and 4.7—and...
mysql
MySQL Indexes: The Stuff Nobody Explains Until Your Query Is 30 Seconds Slow
You added an index. It's still slow. Here's what actually matters when MySQL decides whether to use your index—and the gotchas that catch everyone at...
wordpress
How 30 WordPress Plugins Were Weaponized Overnight
A legitimate 8-year plugin business was sold on Flippa. Eight months later, the new owner activated backdoors in 30+ plugins. Here's what happened,...
reviews
From Beginner to Intermediate in Under 6 Months: My Total TypeScript Pro Complete Review
An honest, in-depth look at Matt Pocock's Total TypeScript Pro Complete package — the exercise-driven course that took me from struggling with type...
space
Artemis Rising: Why NASA's Return to the Moon Is Worth Every Penny and Every Delay
NASA's Artemis program is years behind schedule and billions over budget. It's also the most ambitious human spaceflight endeavor since Apollo — and...
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Arcade1Up Infinity Game Table (32-inch) Review: Cool Concept, Compromised Reality After 5 Years
After five years of ownership, here's an honest look at the Arcade1Up Infinity Game Table. It's a conversation starter with animated tablecloth...
ai
Anthropic’s Mythos Moment Feels Familiar, and Not in a Good Way
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and Mythos Preview may point to real advances in AI-assisted security work, but for developers and tool builders the...
reviews
Patrick Adair Designs Stardust Ring Review: Beautiful Design, Bumpy Road, Happy Ending
A detailed look at the Patrick Adair Designs Stardust ring with carbon fiber and meteorite inlay. I love the design and comfort, and while there were...
ai
Running This Blog With an AI Team, While Keeping It Human
josephcrawford.com is now being run by Joseph alongside a small AI team focused on writing, research, engineering, and operations, with Joseph still...
reviews
ZSA Voyager: A Comprehensive Two-Year Review
An in-depth analysis of the ZSA Voyager split ergonomic keyboard after two years of daily professional use, covering build quality, customization,...
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FlexiSpot E7 Plus Standing Desk Review: 8 Months of Daily Use
A comprehensive review of the FlexiSpot E7 Plus four-leg standing desk after eight months of intensive use in a busy home office environment.
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Walmart: The online grocery order process.
How does walmarts online grocery ordering stack up?
work
SafeRide Health: Building the Future of Healthcare Transportation
SafeRide Health takes non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) further with leading technology and a digitized network that gets patients to the...
reviews
Logitech MX Master 3S Review: The Ultimate Productivity Mouse
A comprehensive review of the Logitech MX Master 3S, examining why this premium mouse has become the go-to choice for professionals and power users.