THE WHEEL Blog https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/ Building THE WHEEL — a private knowledge engine. Essays on AI, privacy, compliance, and solo founder product development. en-us 2026 THE WHEEL info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Debugging With AI Is Still a Human Process https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/debugging-is-a-series-of-human-decisions.html https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/debugging-is-a-series-of-human-decisions.html 51 messages. 6 hours. 3 PRs. And one human who kept saying "that doesn't make sense." What AI debugging collaboration actually looks like, from the transcript. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) Small Things Can Look Catastrophic https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/small-things-can-look-catastrophic.html https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/small-things-can-look-catastrophic.html A debugging story about a bug that looked like a cross-user privacy disaster, why it had to be treated that way, and how careful tracing proved the core system was actually working. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) Every Pixel Is a Decision You Made Alone https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/every-pixel-is-a-decision.html https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/every-pixel-is-a-decision.html What building a design system before launch taught me about consistency, speed, and the strange intimacy of writing every word your users will ever read. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) The Unsolved Search https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/the-unsolved-search.html https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/the-unsolved-search.html Nobody had solved multi-tenant semantic search over encrypted data. Here's the journey across four fields — and a bit of Doctor Who — that found an answer. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) You Can't Skip the Failures https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/you-cant-skip-the-failures.html https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/you-cant-skip-the-failures.html Why a 90% discard rate during development is a feature, not a bug — and what it actually looks like to build with AI at production quality. Thu, 20 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen) AI Raises the Floor https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/ai-raises-the-floor.html https://www.jointhewheel.com/blog/ai-raises-the-floor.html What AI enables when the floor of accessible expertise rises — and why that changes who can build what. Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 info@jointhewheel.com (Alie Cohen)