The AI Engineer
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How Anthropic Reviews 30,000 Claude Code Changes a Day
You might think AI would help developers move faster, but that’s not always true.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The answer lies in the theory of constraints: a system moves only as fast as its slowest part. For software teams...
My Complete Workflow for Building Production AI Agents
Hey 👋,
Most AI agent tutorials stop once the thing runs on your laptop. That’s the part I care least about now, because a coding agent will get you there in an afternoon.
The interesting part is how to get your agent off your laptop and...
The two skills that actually matter when AI writes the code
Hey friend 👋,
Most AI coding advice you find online focuses on tools.
Which model should you use? How should you configure Claude Code? Which agent harness is best? How many plugins and MCP servers do you need?
Those things can help, bu...
Build your own coding agent
Here’s an idea that will upset a lot of people. It doesn’t really matter what coding agent you use - they’re all basically the same.
And they’re easier to build than you might think.
I routinely switch between different agents, but don’...
Why I stopped using Hermes and OpenClaw (and what I built instead).
I love the idea of an AI Chief of Staff. An agent that works for you 24/7, helps you stay organised, stay focused, and on track to hit your goals.
There are some brilliant open source projects that promise exactly this. OpenClaw and Hermes...
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