The Generative Programmer
Bilgin IbryamFor software builders: the emerging patterns in coding, architecture, and product development in the age of generative AI.
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5 Software Disciplines That Keep AI Skills From Rotting
I have spent a lot of words lately on how to write a good skill: the authoring patterns, the principles that separate a useful skill from a markdown essay, and the collections worth installing. They all answer how to make a skill that works...
10 Claude Code Steering Mechanisms That Stop Agents From Ignoring Instructions
Every Claude Code setup has a gravitational pull toward CLAUDE.md. It starts as a helpful project note with build commands, test commands, repo layout, and a few conventions, then slowly becomes the place for release steps, migration rule...
20+ Agent Skills, Repos, and Marketplaces Worth Bookmarking
A rough popularity map, not a quality ranking.
A skill is the unit of reuse for a coding agent. It is a folder with a SKILL.md that teaches the agent a capability once so you stop re-explaining it in every session, and the agent loads it...
From Test-Driven to Loop-Driven Development
Software engineering was always a loop. You change something, run it, check the result, and repeat. Test-driven development made this loop explicit: write a failing test, make it pass, then refactor. The loop is small, fast, and grounded in...
Stop Babysitting Your Coding Agent. Give It Backpressure.
The Backpressure Loop is becoming one of the defining patterns for successful coding agents. Agents can generate code quickly, but generation without feedback is still an open loop: the agent produces a diff, yet it cannot tell whether the...
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I organize what I learn about AI and software into patterns, landscapes, and frameworks developers can use. Co-author of Kubernetes Patterns. Currently writing Prompt Patterns.
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