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The anti-AI position has an information problem

Some scenarios.

A game ships. Someone digs through the credits, finds an AI tool listed, and the review-bombing begins. A few weeks later a different …

The Hypocrisy of Agentic Coding Critics

Every week I read another post arguing that LLM coding agents are fundamentally untrustworthy. The code is buggy. The output needs reviewing. The …

Nobody buys software from Intel

When did you last care which chip was in your laptop? Not which laptop, or which operating system, but which actual silicon processor was doing the …

Developing Good Engineering Taste

I was talking with a group recently about LLM-assisted engineering. I was asked how to cross the capability gap: how to feel in control with LLMs …

Building Momentum with LLM Coding

LLM-assisted coding feels slow at first. Painfully slow. You’re constantly second-guessing the output, reading every line, checking for …

GitHub's spec-kit and the cloud agent endgame

I’ve been playing with GitHub’s spec-kit this week. It’s pitched as a workflow tool for local LLM agents – think Claude Code, …

How I use Claude Code

I’ve been using Claude Code a lot recently, and I’ve settled on a workflow that’s been producing really good results. The short …

notion-to-json

I was a big Notion user. For a while, it was my go-to for everything: project management, note-taking, knowledge bases, and a lightweight CRM. …

mastodon-to-bluesky

I’ve been using Bluesky more and more recently. It’s a pleasant enough place to post, though I’m still not entirely convinced by the …

Good practice is good for LLMs too

LLMs are changing how we write software. In the face of this unheaval, it’s tempting to think these tools somehow absolve us from following good …