Thoughts on distributed systems, AI, software engineering, and building things that scale.
I read a sharp post on The Main Thread this morning about IBM Bob and the "context tax" of MCP servers. The numbers were stark: the default GitHub MCP server alone burns ~17,201 tokens just to describe its tools. That
Read article →I have been running Claude Code almost daily since it dropped, and I have never had a clear picture of what my...
I have been running local LLMs on a laptop with an RTX 4090 and 64 GB of RAM for a while. It...
I spend most of my day inside Claude Code. It is the closest thing I have found to a pair programmer who...
I have spent more time than I care to admit wiring together infrastructure for AI agents. The model works. The logic is...
I spent the morning digging into Claude Code's new dynamic workflows, and they're the most interesting orchestration feature Anthropic has shipped since...
A running list of the developer tooling I've built and shipped — browser extensions, IDE plugins, and MCP servers for AI coding...
If you’re using Claude Code or CLI-based AI agents alongside your editor, Git worktrees are a superpower. They give you multiple, lightweight...
If you've been using AI coding tools like Claude Code or Auggie CLI, you've probably fallen into the "vibe coding" trap. You...
Are you tired of hitting API rate limits or paying for expensive AI coding assistance? We've got great news! You can now...
🚀 Complete Implementation Available All patterns implemented with working code examples 📂 View on GitHub Building reliable AI agents requires proven architectural...
As we recently started transitioning from IntelliJ IDEA to VS Code and its derivatives like Cursor and Windsor, one thing became immediately...
Let's talk about getting AI assistants in your IDE (like Cursor, Windsurf, or others) to actually do what you want without wrestling...
As a senior developer working on large codebases, I've often found myself struggling with challenges that go beyond just finding specific files....
⭐ GET PROMPTFORGE ON GITHUB ⭐ The Context Conundrum As developers, we've all been there. You're stuck on a complex problem, so...
Redis sorted sets (ZSETs) have become an indispensable tool in modern application development, offering a unique blend of set uniqueness and list-like...
If you've ever worked on large-scale distributed systems, you've probably encountered scenarios where you need to quickly check if an element exists...
GraphQL has revolutionized how we build APIs and fetch data, offering a powerful and flexible alternative to REST. But did you know...
Introduction In today's AI-driven development landscape, providing comprehensive context to Large Language Models (LLMs) is crucial. I've developed two plugins - one...
Ever been asked to squash your commits in a Pull Request? If you're an open source contributor or a professional developer, chances...