Essays and field notes from 17+ years of building software and teams
Mostly what I learn by shipping: agentic AI systems, frontend architecture, performance work, and the odd lesson about leading engineers. Written for practitioners, with the trade-offs left in.
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AI
September 20, 2026 · 16 min read
Jev returns typed decisions instead of text. I tested its calibration, speed, evidence checks, and failure cases against a Gemini Flash baseline. The useful part is how it fits into software and the questions you still have to get right.
Jev · AI Tools · LLM Evaluation · Classification
Agentic AI
September 18, 2026 · 13 min read
How my model-delegation skill decides what to keep in one session, what to hand to another agent, and when to ask a different model for a review. With a real example from this website and an open-source skill.
AI Agents · Codex · Claude · Gemini
AI
September 13, 2026 · 10 min read
How I make AI responses easier to read with writing rules in AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, lessons from technical writing standards, and existing rewrite skills.
AI Tools · Claude · Writing · Productivity
Agentic AI
April 25, 2026 · 8 min read
What each part of an agent system is responsible for, how they fit together, and where application code still needs to make the decisions.
Agentic AI · ADK · Gemini · A2A
AI Development
July 14, 2025 · 7 min read
A practical guide to MCP architecture, local server setup, useful integrations, tool design, permissions, and troubleshooting.
MCP · AI Tools · Tool Integration · Developer Tools
Open Source
January 28, 2025 · 6 min read
A real patch review, the work around a contribution, and how to make yourself useful without taking on too much.
Open Source · Drupal · Community · Contributing
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