AUTHOR
Alan Pope
Building the AI Native Dev community. Self-taught coder, driven by curiosity and a love for problem-solving.
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Tessl Academy is live (in preview) — and there are two ways in
We just shipped the first version of Tessl Academy, a hands-on curriculum for building, evaluating, and running skills for coding agents. It's early. Two courses are up — Skill Foundations and Tuni...
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Common Pitfalls of Skills Development (And How to Fix Them)
Explore common pitfalls in AI skills development, including outdated agent config files, and learn strategies to address these issues for better procedural knowledge management.
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Sandboxing AI Coding Agents with lincubate
lincubate uses LXD containers to sandbox AI coding agents, ensuring isolated environments for testing skills without interference from existing configurations.
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What Are Agent Skills? (And Why You'll Never Want to Push Code Without One Again)
Agent skills are structured instructions for automating tasks like CI monitoring, enhancing workflow efficiency by providing reusable, tested, and composable capabilities.
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A year in review: From vibe coding to viable code
2025 was the year AI-assisted coding grew up. What started as a wave of "vibe coding" — rapid prototyping, prompt-driven experiments, and disposable applications — matured into something more disciplined: spec-driven development, production-grade agents, and an ecosystem that's finally grappling with real-world constraints. At AI Native Dev, we've had a front-row seat. Through 140+ articles, 88 podcast episodes, and two DevCon events, we've tracked every twist in this fast-moving space. Here's our look back at the year that changed how software gets built.