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Coding got easy with AI but the engineering remains. You have to know what to build, recognize when the machine is wrong, and design systems that work at scale. Here I share lessons from using AI in production.
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August 2026
Agents change the math on big bang migrations
I just did a team's worth of work in 5 days. Honestly I am shook to the core of my 20 YoE
July 2026
Theory of constraints, AI, and code review
Feedback from an expert is how you learn taste. Your code doesn't matter until it's shipped.
June 2026
Using vibes to rewrite my blog
The death of engineering has been greatly exaggerated. You still need to know what you're doing.
May 2026
What you need to make an agent
I've been digging into agents for internal tooling and processes. Looking for how to scale without drowning in manual work. Here's what I found
Quick note on evals and putting AI in your resume
When candidates put AI on their resume, the key thing I try to find out is whether they used evals. How did you measure making improvements?
April 2026
AI now writes 97% of my code. Here's what I learned
Forget the bullshit tips and tricks, just talk to it.
March 2026
Software engineer interviews for the age of AI
Maybe AI will replace engineers, I don't know. Self-driving cars were just around the corner for 50 years. Until then we've got shit to do and engineers to hire.
February 2026
Users buy your service, not your code
You might enjoy this podcast episode. Sylvain and I talked about owning production in a world where AI writes the code.
GeLLMan amnesia
AI will automate every job except the ones I'm deeply familiar with
January 2026
A better way to end-to-end test your webapp
End-to-end tests are the best way to test your webapp, but they're flaky and annoying to write. I'm trying a new agentic approach that fixes the issue.
November 2025
AI fills my day with busywork
Remember when AI was gonna take our jobs? I've never felt busier. The more I get done, the more there is to do.
July 2025
Cursor background agents in Slack changed my workflow
a couple weeks ago Cursor launched a Slack integration and ... wow. First time I can say AI *changed* my workflow
April 2025
re: The Industrialization of IT
I guess if AI is what it takes to finally get people to care about architecture and team structure then mission accomplished?
March 2025
AI writes good tests, actually
I've been using AI to write tests and it works surprisingly well! Here's how.
January 2025
Coaching AI to write your code
Working with AI is here and it's skill. Just like google-fu became important in the mid 2000's. A few things I've learned.
October 2024
Yes, AI will "take" your job. No, you won't mind
Is the job to get things done or to memorize trivia and solve cute coding puzzles?
June 2024
Using AI to spark connections at a conference
We built an AI algorithm to help you find interesting people to talk to at a conference. And make sure it's not awkward
May 2024
Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests
If you derive tests from your implementation, you can't apply the Beyonce rule. What if the code is wrong and that wasn't the programmer's intent? We'll never know. The bug now exists in both places.
March 2024
How to start playing with generative AI
Generative AI is entering the early adopters phase of Moore's technology cycle. Lots of people have been asking me for the quickest and cheapest way to get started.
January 2024
How I Added a Related Articles Feature on Swizec.com Using GPT-4 Embeddings
Making 15 years of blog archives easier to navigate with AI and cosine similarity to build a related articles featur
October 2023
I tried generative AI on lots of data and we're not quite there yet
Lessons learned from running GPT-4 on lots of data using the same task.
AI Engineer Summit report
AI is the easy part of the equation. The real game changers in #AIEngineering are mastering data engineering, handling non-deterministic outputs, and nailing product development.
September 2023
Similarity search with pgvector and Supabase
Explore the power of pgvector and Supabase for efficient similarity search in this comprehensive guide. Keep vector data next to your business data for efficient queries and less overhead.
August 2023
Finding modules in a Big Ball of Mud with ChatGPT
Detangling a Big Ball of Mud is hard. You have to find domain boundaries where none exist. Looks like AI can help 🤩
Programming in Markdown
What if you could focus on the fun _engineering_ part of your job, not on coding? You can!
May 2023
How I turned 15 years of writing into a chatbot
What do you do with 15 years of your writing history when LLMs hit the scene? A chatbot!
Eight things to know about LLMs
eightthings.pdf is the best paper I've read on what's going on in AI right now and why everyone is excited. Here's my summary.
April 2023
I went to "AI Woodstock" and wow
"AI Woodstock" was a HuggingFace meetup showcasing groundbreaking AI projects and innovations. Here are some of my favs.
March 2023
The programming tutorial SEO industry is dead
20 years ago greybeards laughed at us for Googling. Now they laugh when we ask ChatGPT. But the leverage is 🚀
Build semantic search in an afternoon? Yep 🤯
Learn how to build a powerful semantic search engine in just 2 hours with the OpenAI API.