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title: "Quinton Maki (@qmaki) | Hashnode"
description: "SDE at AWS building developer tools at scale. Writing about AI, infrastructure, and the messy parts of software engineering."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@qmaki"
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@qmaki

# Quinton Maki

@qmaki · San Francisco, USA · Joined March 2026

SDE at AWS building developer tools at scale. Writing about AI, infrastructure, and the messy parts of software engineering.

[Website](http://qmaki.dev/)

### [I Spent a Weekend Fighting TrueNAS's eMMC Installer Bug So You Don't Have To](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/i-spent-a-weekend-fighting-truenas-s-emmc-installer-bug-so-you-don-t-have-to?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Three bugs, seven patches, and one dumb HTTP server trick to install TrueNAS SCALE on a Beelink ME Mini

9 min read · [qmaki.hashnode.dev](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/i-spent-a-weekend-fighting-truenas-s-emmc-installer-bug-so-you-don-t-have-to?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-spent-a-weekend-fighting-truenas-s-emmc-installer-bug-so-you-don-t-have-to/69feadc6eaa0e19069887056)

### [Anthropic's Most Dangerous Model Is Also Its Best Ad](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/anthropic-s-most-dangerous-model-is-also-its-best-ad?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Mythos Preview, Opus degradation, and the oldest trick in AI marketing

9 min read · [qmaki.hashnode.dev](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/anthropic-s-most-dangerous-model-is-also-its-best-ad?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 13](https://hashnode.com/posts/anthropic-s-most-dangerous-model-is-also-its-best-ad/69dd435050b9d8660754ac33)

### [I Built a String Editor That Writes Itself Out of Your Code](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/i-built-a-string-editor-that-writes-itself-out-of-your-code?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

restringjs is an open source React library that lets non-developers edit text live on any page, then a CLI bakes those changes into your source files. The tool disappears.

8 min read · [qmaki.hashnode.dev](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/i-built-a-string-editor-that-writes-itself-out-of-your-code?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-string-editor-that-writes-itself-out-of-your-code/69cd4f839d0a3714b818fe45)

### [My Windows PC Is Basically a Console Now](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/my-windows-pc-is-basically-a-console-now?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Microsoft keeps shipping features nobody asked for while Linux quietly became a real option. The data says this time is different.

9 min read · [qmaki.hashnode.dev](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/my-windows-pc-is-basically-a-console-now?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 25](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-windows-pc-is-basically-a-console-now/69c414d80f0f44caa80b1c68)

### [It's Fine to Not Care About AI Yet](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/it-s-fine-to-not-care-about-ai-yet?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I use AI every day. I still think the pressure to adopt it is doing more damage than the tools are doing good.

10 min read · [qmaki.hashnode.dev](https://qmaki.hashnode.dev/it-s-fine-to-not-care-about-ai-yet?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/it-s-fine-to-not-care-about-ai-yet/69beb61e5f91233d22e7f0e2)