I feel like I need a word for the type of task that agents are really good at I.e. where it has 100% of the data, it can run experiments, v...

An absolutely GOATed example of domain knowledge being important I'm working on my video editor. I know enough about phonetics to know tha...

Prompt of the day: Split this "one-way door" PR into two: 1. A PR that implements everything, except it can be easily reverted (a two-way ...

One of my favourite things about the new course is the final section: - I show you a basic software factory, entirely on GitHub Actions - I...

The next great "language for agents" should be: - As fast as Rust - As little design space as Go - Have the strictest type/verification sys...

It feels possible to me to check deterministically if a PR can be automerged or not. Given very, very strict constraints: - Only reorganis...

An alternate data point. This has been my best year selling self-paced video courses, which has been 98% of my income since 2022. A great c...

These stat lines are getting pretty wild. Thanks for 300K stars and nearly 30m installs. Big plans for 2027 too. Onwards and upwards!

Let me put my TypeScript hat back on for a minute Content mappers look outrageously exciting. This is now possible: 1. import any non-Type...

How would you define spec-driven development? Semantic diffusion has hit SDD hard, let's try and reel it back in to a sensible definition

I still sometimes say: /grill-me about this, one question at a time Usually when I REALLY have no idea what I'm building. When the problem...

The code, not the spec, should be the center of your universe

Prompt of the day: /grill-me on how a /software-factory might help us Helps you figure out if a software factory can help you, and brainst...

3 steps to becoming an actual software programmer 1. Build personal software 2. Build internal software (for a select group of people) 3. B...

Let me double down on this, because this is my exact business model 1. Get the job of your dreams with my free content 2. Get the job of yo...

Can't believe I got a reply from Michael Feathers and I left it unread until my agent dug it up @mfeathers would love to get you on a podca...

My TLDraw agent is getting better Pretty arrow-heavy, but not bad. Nice use of colour in particular

3 months on, and my personal wiki has become critical infrastructure for my business. Hugely enriches my courses and makes "agents that run...

Prompt of the day: Create a pre-commit hook that prevents files over 5,000 tokens. Tokens = bytes/4. Run only on staged files. Ignore file...

Huge recommendation for David An outrageous TypeScript wizard and all around good dude https://twitter.com/ssalbdivad/status/21110857452724...