Agent Patterns: Memory, Tools, Scheduling
The capabilities of an agent have stopped moving. The models are, of course, still improving, but the arrangement of a useful agent has settled. A …
Ai
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …