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Functional documentation becomes more valuable, not less, when AI agents are writing and reviewing code. I heard an architect argue that, in the age of AI agents, functional documentation in source code was no longer …
AI is going to change software teams whether we pretend to be ready or not. The lazy version of that change is simple: give everyone an agent, tell them to go faster, and hope review catches whatever falls out the other …
I’ve been thinking about how we talk about AI systems, and Anthropic’s use of the word “soul” keeps sticking with me. At first, that sounds too poetic for software. Then you start layering …
The Pattern Nobody Wants to Talk About I’ve seen a distinct pattern where AI slows down software development. I know. Heresy. But hear me out. Agents are fast, but in the old saying kind of way: Fast is slow, and …
Between Satire and Ridicule It started, as these things often do, with a comparison nobody asked for. I made a post saying that, with AI-assisted workflows, I can contribute anywhere from 20 to 300,000 lines of change in …
AI-assisted development has a trust problem. Generated code can look polished, type-safe, and reviewable while still smuggling in shortcuts that quietly erode a codebase over time. The faster teams move with agents, the …
Here’s a secret weapon for building your own agentic workflows: GitHub Copilot Chat’s debug logs. You know how everyone’s out there wrestling with hallucinating AI agents? Trying to figure out how to …
We spent decades trying to make computers easier to use. We went from punch cards to command lines to graphical user interfaces to touch screens. We added buttons, menus, icons, gestures, or really anything to avoid …
You know what’s wild about working with AI agents to build software? The planning. Oh boy, the planning. Not just a plan - that would be too simple. No, no. We’re talking about: Creating a planning document …
Sometimes I want full control, not most, but total, end-to-end control over the tools I use to think, build, and create. That’s where Ollama and Open WebUI comes in. This is my go-to local AI chat setup: a fully local, …
Had one of those surreal conversations at work recently. I needed to onboard with an internal AI service—because, frankly, there’s only one option available: and it’s run by a team building their own wrapper around …
I finally spent some time experimenting with Sora, and the shift from text-to-image to text-to-video feels bigger than I expected. I have used Stable Diffusion for a long time. Image generation already changed how I …
I have been using a Visual Studio Code extension called Continue, and it has become one of my favorite ways to work with local LLMs. The short version: Continue lets you bring AI-assisted coding into VS Code while …
TinyTroupe is incredible. Imagine running your own focus group composed of multi-personality AI agents. From a UI/UX designer’s perspective, the ability to explicitly define user personas and have them evaluate your …
You know what’s going to be funny? When AI services go offline and teachers finally get to see what a student’s real writing would be like. Imagine the shock—“Wait, why does this essay look like a …
Today, I got to introduce the AI interns to new topics like dogfooding*, cyclomatic complexity, BEM, JSON:API, and why interfaces are so useful. It was great to nerd out with them! Their excitement was contagious, and I …
Leveraging multiple models can significantly streamline the software development process. Here’s a strategy to consider: Requirement Analysis: Use one model to gather user requirements. Edge Case Identification: …
Imagine “a world, earth, seen from space, 8k, unreal engine, detailed, photorealistic”… Remember the common phrase, “a picture is worth a thousand words”? Well, it’s time to rethink …
