2026
- Scrawl: Building a Tool for Humans and Agents
๐ฌ Also available as a blog walkthrough video with a narrated walkthrough. TL;DR: I watched someone present across half a dozen apps, drawing on screen to make their points, and I wanted the same โฆ
- CLI vs MCP, Part Two: The First Gap Just Closed
TL;DR: In March I argued the CLI vs MCP debate was the wrong debate, and that the CLIโs advantages were a temporary artifact of training data, not a law of physics. One of those advantages was โฆ
- CLI vs MCP: The Wrong Debate
The Zombie Processes and the 50GB Cache A few weeks ago, I noticed my MacBook was sluggish. I found orphaned MCP server processes that had failed to shut down cleanly, a problem Didier Durand โฆ
- On the Loop, Not In It โ But Code Quality Still Matters
On the Loop, Not In It, But Code Quality Still Matters Yesterday one of my AI agents wasted 15 minutes chasing a bug that didnโt exist. The function was called transformPayload(), but it didnโt โฆ
- Technology Evolution Doesn't Move in a Straight LineโIt Spirals
Technology Evolution Doesnโt Move in a Straight Line. It Spirals The Proud Ops Colleague Years ago, an Ops colleague proudly showed me something new. ClusterSSH, cssh [1]. A tool that opens multiple โฆ
- Kiro Subagents: Scaling Development with Specialized AI Agents
Kiro Subagents: Scaling Development with Specialized AI Agents When youโre building complex software, context management tends to become your bottleneck. Your AI agent is juggling frontend components, โฆ
- AI coding has quickly developed from an interesting research project to an important tool in the belt
AI coding has quickly developed from an interesting research project to an important tool in the belt of most software developers, Stack Overflowโs 2025 Developer Survey found 84% of respondents using โฆ
2025
- Ah, this is a nice update right on time for some exploration over the upcoming break.
Ah, this is a nice update right on time for some exploration over the upcoming break. John, Arnd & Inri, we talked about our wish list for Kiro just yesterday. Looks like Santa๐ ๐ฟ - ah, I mean Kiro๐ป - โฆ
- ๐ The Dawn of the Renaissance Developer
๐ The Dawn of the Renaissance Developer Itโs that time of the year. AWS Community gets ready for the event of the year: re:Invent. And Werner publishes his tech predictions [1]. Like every year, a โฆ
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐?
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐? Thereโs been incredible progress in #AI tools for software engineersโnew agents, coding assistants, and integrated โฆ
- This is absolutely brilliant. Go, build your own assistant with Amazon Nova Sonic!
This is absolutely brilliant. Go, build your own assistant with Amazon Nova Sonic! I love the use case and the presentation in the video. What maybe triggers me the most, are those 24h build time โฆ
- This is absolutely brilliant. Go, build your own assistant with Amazon Nova Sonic in less than 24h!
This is absolutely brilliant. Go, build your own assistant with Amazon Nova Sonic in less than 24h! I love the use case and the presentation in the video, which Tomasz Stachlewski โ shared in his โฆ
- Just uncovered this hidden gem created by Ewa A. Treitz and her AI team.
Just uncovered this hidden gem created by Ewa A. Treitz and her AI team. Awesome example of how powerful AI tools are lowering the barrier to building and shipping softwareโwhat I like to think of as โฆ
- Yesterday I turned torture - a long 3-country car ride - into an entertaining learning opportunity.
Yesterday I turned torture - a long 3-country car ride - into an entertaining learning opportunity. I listened to the incredible Lex Fridman podcast with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), creator of โฆ
- Today I had a brief coding session with the newly launched Kiro [1]: a new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production.
Today I had a brief coding session with the newly launched Kiro [1]: a new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production. I selected a use case I had previously coded myself, which โฆ