Codex, Jules, and Claude Code comparison
I’ve tried three of the newer agentic code assistants this week: OpenAI Codex, Google Jules, and Claude Code.
I asked each of them to operate in …
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Four Bubbles I've Lived Through, With One Exception
Working in technology means riding wave after wave of hype. Some waves reshape the landscape; others crash on the shore, leaving behind damp sand and …
Trust but Verify: Sensible Ways to Use LLMs in Production
Like many engineers right now, I’m exploring how LLMs can accelerate workflows. The potential is undeniable: generating code snippets, drafting …
The MCP Servers I Actually Use
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem is changing quickly. While experimentation is interesting, I’ve found myself settling on a core set …
The future of digital agencies
This is keeping me up at night. The model we built is dying. It’s time to build the next one.
Let’s start with a sketch of an agency project.
A …
Preparing Django documentation for LLMs
I’ve been using files-to-prompt recently to help query large codebases with LLMs, but I realised this would work just as well for documentation …
Setting up Matrix Synapse on Fedora
I wanted to install a Matrix service for my family. While matrix-synapse is packaged in Fedora, there’s scant documentation regarding what to do …
A Cline prompt for codebase analysis and feature extraction
From time-to-time, I’m asked to evaluate a large codebase. This is usually from a client who has a project in distress, or who needs to quickly …
My Claude Artifact Prompt
I’ve found myself writing a lot of Claude artifact prompts recently. I don’t remember if I started writing these little personal software …
Fingerprint Authentication on a Lenovo Z13 and Fedora 40
I’ve previously used fingerprint authentication on Thinkpads in the very distant past. There have been a lot of changes to the software stack …