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Notes from building software and dealing with AI tools.

2026

How this site separates a working language switcher from search indexing for untranslated posts.

Oct 30, 2 min read

Clear boundaries, local tests, and discoverable rules reduce the cost of every change.

Jun 20, 4 min read

Long-running agents need explicit boundaries, checkpoints, and proof of completion.

Jun 10, 4 min read

A short task contract cuts wasted context, wasted output, and review time.

Jun 3, 3 min read

Give the agent one small job at a time, and check each result before you ask for the next one.

Jun 1, 3 min read

Use a small evaluation loop to decide which tools deserve a place in your work.

May 30, 3 min read

Shared repository rules, evaluation tasks, and a review policy turn individual prompting into an engineering process.

Mar 26, 4 min read

When code becomes cheaper to produce, specification, review, and debugging become more valuable.

Mar 17, 3 min read

Give coding agents evidence from the repository, not a longer story in chat.

Mar 13, 3 min read

A practical system for planning two workloads without pretending every week has unlimited capacity.

Mar 12, 3 min read