Matthew Haughey
A few weeks ago, I read my friend Michael Pusateri's post on this tiny touchscreen you can buy at Aliexpress, and how he programmed it to become buttons for his Home Assistant setup, letting anyone who walks into his kitchen control the lights with a simple tap. I was immediately intrigued and...
matt
These agents are ridiculous. I've been more productive in my personal projects in the last week than I've been in the last 8 years.In the last three weeks I've:Written the +3 disk checker for the Plus3 I've been putting off for 3 yearsStarted the ZX Spectrum Nextgame I've been planning since I got...
jsun
Claude Code is damn powerful! But if you want to install it on RISC-V Linux hosts via the official installer script, you will be greeted with some cold rejection! Below is the workaround method, tested on LicheePi 4A board:
Ayu Adiati
A few months ago, I shared a story about building an automated open source portfolio using just my smartphone and an AI assistant while on vacation. My main goal was to stop the "spreadsheet struggle" for myself. However, as I mentioned in that first post, I also wanted to create something others...
Stephen Cresswell
One of the outstanding questions from my previous post was whether code quality mattered to AI. I am now more convinced that it does. What I have observed in extended use is this: unless guided carefully, Claude produces more code than necessary, with weaker abstractions and noticeable...
Stephen Cresswell
TL;DR This post explores why experiences with Generative AI assisted software development vary so dramatically. While some developers report order of magnitude productivity gains, others encounter architectural drift, excessive code, and serious operational risk. This gap is not primarily caused...
Ayu Adiati
I've been on a continuous journey in open source since 2020. First, as a contributor, and for the last few years, also as a project maintainer. It's a space where I've learned so much and given back what I can. I've always wanted a way to track my progress and showcase my contributions in a...
Arthur Turrell
I got the following email: I was wondering if it is possible to get your excellent book “coding for economists” as a single PDF? I’m trying to improve my coding skills, and move away from just working in Stata, but I would very much prefer to read the book on my ReMarkable reader rather than on...
Andrew Cove
Tweet from jxnlco about AI-powered software engineeringI like this list, and I'm sharing it here as a reminder to follow a few of these items in my own AI-supported coding. Specifically: focusing on assembling the right context, having the AI work in a process of Explore, Plan, Build, using...
Adrianne
When people hear the word “AI,” they think automation, cold logic — maybe even job-stealing robots...
Andrew Cove
Using an LLM to design charts and enrich data for 20 years of concerts.Read the full post →