Ayman Nadeem
Like many developers, I’ve spent most of the past year vibe coding. Across the many tools I’ve tried, my workflow looks something like this: I prompt AI agents in natural-language and hope they make the edits I want. When it works, it feels like sorcery. When it fails, I’m left spelunking through...
Ayman Nadeem
LLMs continue to push the boundaries of content generation, but they can struggle when the output needs to follow very strict rules, like writing code, generating formulas, or creating markup languages (like JSON or HTML). This begs the question: how do we generate highly structured outputs that...
Ayman Nadeem
I’ve been diving back into static analysis and programming language theory after a 4 year hiatus. Getting re-acquainted with papers in the field has been humbling, and can feel like solving a puzzle with infinite pieces. Writing and summarizing helps me make sense of it all, so I wanted to share...
Ayman Nadeem
During YC, the group partners’ constant refrain about remaining intellectually honest and prioritizing customers needs seemed almost redundant. Yet I fell into the very trap they had repeatedly warned against—a humbling reminder that even the clearest advice can’t immunize us against our own blind...
Ayman Nadeem
I started using Copilot as a GitHub employee when it first emerged, long before it was available publicly. I found myself skeptical. The early versions felt noisy and distracting—auto-complete suggestions caused more interruption than inspiration. The user experience fundamentally scattered my...
Ayman Nadeem
On October 30, 2023, while President Biden issued the Executive Order to create AI safeguards, I spoke on a panel for the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) conference, Online Platforms and Popular Technologies 2023: Legal and Regulatory Responses to Technology Innovations and Uses. My session,...