Most of my “building” nowadays is for fun, for blogs, or for customer demos. But today I had to take a spreadsheet of data and enter records one-at-a-time into a web app. No thanks. Broke out the Google Antigravity CLI and took a few minutes to build a Playwright script that looped through the rows and filled out the web form. Achievement unlocked.
[blog] Learn Anything With My /teach Skill. Neat skill from Matt. He talks about it for Claude Code, but there’s nothing specific to that harness. Run this in your favorite environment to get a personalized teacher.
[blog] Writing Loops, Not Prompts, Explained. Skip the “write loops not prompts” hysteria. There’s a place for automating recurring work. But prompts are still part of the equation.
[paper] Developer Productivity in the Age of Generative AI: A Psychological Perspective. My colleague wrote up his Master’s Thesis on an interesting topic and it’s available here to read.
[blog] Hidden Technical Debt of AI Systems: Agent Harness. What an insightful read. I hadn’t thought about production versus training harnesses. The idea of the harness melting into the model is something we’ve had as well.
[blog] Moving Past “Demos Over Memos”: The Future of AI in Enterprise Product Development. Fair points from Jason, and I should change how I refer to this idea. We need MORE than just vibe coded demos to explain ideas, understand market fit, and build alignment.
[blog] How to apply professional design principles in AI app development. Really good. It’s easy (and I’m speaking to myself) to just accept the stylized UI that comes back from the AI tool. But this post points out the eight areas where you can push back to get a stand-out result.
[blog] Make AI Boring Again. Smart take, as always. Learn these tools, figure out the best use, and make it boring.
[blog] The Coming Divide: AI-Native or Left Behind. I get it. This one is a choice. You can choose to use AI or not. Just like you can choose to read books or not. But then own the outcome.
[blog] Optimizing cloud economics with linear elastic caching. Good thinking, useful experiment, and legitimate results.
[article] The Two-Organizations Problem. There’s the presented view of the org (via dashboards, townhalls, etc) and the lived org (how we experience it day to day). Those are not always the same.
[blog] Building in the Age of Collaborative Coding. I haven’t seen a ton written about how mature teams work together with AI agents and tools.
[blog] Demystifying A2UI: How to Make AI Agents “Speak UI” in Your App. I’m seeing more where generative UIs—giving LLMs the ability to lay out a screen based on provided components and data—make sense.
[blog] Conference talks in an AI driven world are likely to get boring, or need to dramatically change. Let’s watch presenters wait for prompt responses! That sounds super fun. Not really. We’ve got to rethink tech events to ensure they don’t turn crazy boring.
[blog] Here’s how Gemini can help you avoid jetlag. I was very skeptical of this claim. So I tried it on my upcoming trip to India. Wasn’t half bad.
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