AUTHOR
Dion Almaer
Field CTO at Tessl, previously built developer products at Google, Shopify, Mozilla
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Improv meets Vibe Coding
Improv meets AI coding as Matt Holden builds live with Claude Code, guided by crowd prompts and fuzzy compiler specs.
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Roast-ing AI workflows with Ruby
Roast is Shopify’s AI workflow engine for reproducible, auditable reasoning - used in Glaser to deliver hilarious code reviews with Nikki Glaser-style wit.
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Augment-ing yourself with Remote Agents
Remote Agents in Augment Code now run autonomously from VS Code, handling parallel tasks like bug fixes and PRs—boosting dev workflows even while you're offline.
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The New Frontier in AI Development: Why Agent Experience Matters
What if your next user isn’t human? Netlify’s CEO makes the case for Agent Experience (AX) as the next evolution after UX and DX.
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Embabel Puts a Spring in Your Agents Step
Rod Johnson, creator of Spring, returns with Embabel, a Kotlin-based agent framework for the JVM.
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2025: Year Of The Agents To Write All Of Our Codex?
2025 marks the rise of autonomous coding agents like Codex, blending local tools with cloud-based assistants for scalable, smarter development.
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Sourcegraph’s Amp Has Dropped the Waiting List
Sourcegraph’s Amp just dropped its waitlist—experience agentic coding firsthand. Amp now writes 70-80% of code for users, transforming the coding workflow!
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Is Text Diffusion for Code a Game Changer?
Google I/O unveiled Gemini Diffusion, a text diffusion model for code. It promises faster generation and better editing, potentially changing AI-native development.
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Brokk: Compiler Grade, Massive Repo Aware Context
Brokk brings compiler-grade static analysis to AI coding. Built for massive codebases, it delivers deep context and type inference where LLMs need it most.
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Agentic Coding Best Practices with Claude Code
Working with Claude Code introduces a new dev workflow: write a spec, spin up agentic bots, and return to multiple AI-coded implementations. Here's how to make it work.
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Vibes, Rules, it's getting messy!
Discover how lightweight standards—plus the Vibe Rules CLI—can slash the chaos and give your team one source of truth.
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The Era Of Scale
As AI reshapes software development, we must scale our tools, context, and thinking to thrive as true AI Native Developers.
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Microsoft makes a move against Cursor and Windsurf
Microsoft’s latest move signals a shift in the AI IDE landscape. As tools like Cursor surge, developers face critical questions about platform control, extension limits, and the future of building on VS Code.
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MCP vs. A2A: What you Need to Know
MCP's rapid rise just met its biggest twist yet — Google enters the ring with A2A, and the ecosystem's never looked more split. What’s hype, what’s real, and what’s next?
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Vibe Coding: Democratizing Software, One Snapshot at a Time
Is "vibe coding" revolution or regression? Explore how software dev is becoming as personal and instant as snapping a Polaroid.
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Document your developer system prompts
AI system prompts are the hidden blueprints shaping developer tools, but when companies keep them secret, are they limiting innovation? Transparency might just be the key to unlocking AI’s full potential.