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Trevin’s Notes

Trevin Chow

Writing about AI, product, and the teams that ship.

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Last month I wrote 7 Principles for Agent-Friendly CLIs. Since then I’ve been deep in CLI work, watching agents use them, and seeing them break in interesting ways.

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⭐️ Note: This original article has been superseded by a more updated version: 10 Principles for Agent Native CLIs.

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The best work doesn’t feel like work. The hours disappear, the thinking feels easy, and you’re not grinding through a problem, you’re just inside it. When you finally look up, you can’t quite believe what got built.

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