Jereme Evans Hike. Travel. Code. Thoughts.
Jereme lying on a dock

Hike. Travel. Code.

I'm Jereme Evans. I've been building software for 26 years, and these days I'm building Taproot I/O. This site is where I write about that work, and about the hikes and trips Euri and I take when I step away from the keyboard. Browse by code, hikes, or travel.

Recent musings...

Cartoon of a cheerful retro computer with arms and legs, holding a red gear in one hand and a wrench in the other

Why every write in Taproot follows the same pipeline

Every write in Taproot runs one command pipeline that authorizes, validates, commits, then audits. Here's why I chose structure and how it works in .NET.

November 1, 2026
Hester Lake under a blue sky, with snow-dusted mountains reflected in the water and fall colors along the shore

Hester Lake via Dingford Creek

A hard, muddy hike up Dingford Creek to Hester Lake with an unmarked middle, wet creek crossings, steep switchbacks and fresh snow at the top.

October 31, 2026
Tilt's web UI for the local Taproot stack, showing 34 healthy resources and the build log for taproot-www

Why we run Tilt in manual mode for development with AI tools

Rebuild-on-save thrashed our local Kubernetes stack while AI tools edited. Here's how we run Tilt in manual mode with one rebuild script for Claude Code.

October 27, 2026
Euri in a blue dress standing beside a white Waymo robotaxi in a Las Vegas parking lot, with hotels and palm trees behind her

My experience using Waymo robotaxis

We used Waymo robotaxis in Las Vegas for Euri's birthday. It was a little mind blowing, and it got me wondering whether we need to own cars at all.

October 24, 2026
Cartoon of two matching blue book characters with pink arms giving each other a high five

From .proto to a typed TypeScript client

A real endpoint traced from a .proto file through gRPC JSON transcoding, OpenAPI and Hey API to a typed TypeScript client, with the checks that catch drift.

October 17, 2026
Cartoon of a round retro robot with big eyes, an antenna, orange ears and striped purple arms and legs

One AGENTS.md for Claude Code, Codex and Copilot

How I keep one AGENTS.md for Claude Code, Codex and Copilot: imports vs symlinks vs pointers, why two models review each other, and how to audit the file.

October 13, 2026
Two women in traditional dress with woven textiles for sale on a cobblestone street in front of a red colonial wall

Antigua, Lake Atitlán and El Paredon: our Guatemala itinerary

Our Guatemala route from Antigua to Lake Atitlán to El Paredon, how we got between stops, and what I'd change, including whether the beach is worth it.

October 8, 2026
View from under a tile roof over houses and a street to Lake Atitlán and the mountains across the water

San Pedro, San Juan, or San Marcos: which Lake Atitlán town?

We slept in San Pedro, shopped in San Juan and ate our way through San Marcos. Here's which Lake Atitlán town I'd pick as a couple next time.

October 8, 2026

Jereme Evans Jereme Evans