Entries tagged with: TOOLS

10 principles that separate genuinely useful coding agents from flashy demos—and a north star spec for building them.

Most 'AI-native' tools are built with AI features. But what about tools designed FOR AI agents to use? Here's the playbook.

Turned a Bash script into a proper Go CLI with Whisper bootstrap and cross-platform releases—all in one AI coding session.

What happens when you use AI tools so new they weren't in the training data.

Why treating AI like a junior engineer—with a backlog, a schema, and a review gate—beats giving it free-form leeway.

Files ending in .md trigger automatic processing that breaks agent instruction files. Use dotfiles instead.

Running 100% autonomous AI agents in VMs to go from idea to implementation without touching a keyboard

Each AI coding agent has a niche. Knowing where each one shines is the difference between frustration and flow.

How the llm-loop-plugin transforms AI from a responsive tool into an autonomous agent that iterates until done.