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My Agentic Web Development Setup Is Basically a `while True` Loop
A multi-model web development pipeline — research, design, implementation, review — eventually orchestrated by a boring Python while True loop.
Independent writing by Ravi Kumar Singh
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Before You Build an AI Harness, Become the Harness
Before building software around an LLM, manually provide the tools and context it would have. The interventions reveal whether the workflow deserves a harness.
Linux 6 min read
I Left Arch + Niri for Pop!_OS COSMIC — and I’m Not Going Back (Yet)
After years on Arch with Niri, I switched to Pop!_OS COSMIC for .deb packages. Five days in, I still miss scrolling windows — not packaging.
Linux 9 min read
Your Desktop Needs `systemd --user`
Dotfiles and autostart launch processes but do not supervise them. systemd --user adds lifecycle management, restarts, timers, and logs to the Linux desktop.
Startups 9 min read
Cuegence Postmortem — Part III: Great Engineering Problems Don’t Make Great Businesses
Cuegence never failed, because we never built it. Part 3: the budget line, the replacement question, and why great engineering problems aren't great businesses.
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