An Agent is Nothing Without its Tools
September 26, 2025
Exploring what makes an agent through Simon Willison's definition: LLMs running tools in a loop to achieve goals
Blog
Thoughts on building, creating, and exploring
Let's Talk About AI Workflows
August 18, 2025
Understanding AI workflows, why you would use them, and how they can make LLMs more effective through modular design
Understanding Context Windows
August 11, 2025
Exploring how context windows work in LLMs, why they matter for building effective AI products, and the emerging strategies for managing context limitations.
Building in Public Update: Lessons from Pivoting Kalen
August 7, 2025
Lessons learned from pivoting Kalen from an email-based AI productivity coach to a chat-based web app, and how to fail faster with better data.
Meta-Prompting: Using LLMs to Improve How You Prompt LLMs
July 23, 2025
Using LLMs to write better prompts by leveraging their understanding of small, well-contained problem spaces.
What the Heck is MCP?
July 6, 2025
Why MCP matters, how it inverts the traditional AI integration model, and the opportunities and risks it presents for developers and users.
Claude Code is Magic
June 24, 2025
Why switching from an IDE to a terminal-based AI agent fundamentally changed how I think about coding productivity and collaboration.
Learning in Public
June 18, 2025
Reflecting on the vulnerability and acceleration that comes from sharing your work publicly, and how feedback transforms the building process.
Subscribe to the Newsletter
No spam, unsubscribe anytime.