AI 16 min read
The Model Is Not the Development Environment
I spent 12 million input tokens on a small monorepo change. The problem was not the model. It was the development environment around it.
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5 posts
AI 18 min read
I Tried Too Many Coding Agents. Here Is What I Would Actually Pay For
A subjective comparison of Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, and the models inside them, based on ordinary application work rather than benchmarks.
Software Engineering 11 min read
I Couldn't Become a 10x Developer
Chasing 10x across six projects, several languages and a pile of AI agents — and the quiet realization that 1.5x is honest work.
AI 12 min read
Your AI Agent Should Be a Folder
After testing agent frameworks, I found the best personal AI agent isn't a platform — it's a well-organized folder of Markdown, scripts, logs and state.
AI 7 min read
Not Everyone Needs Frontier LLMs for Coding
Frontier models are brilliant, but most everyday coding runs fine on smaller ones if your workflow is clear. Choose tools for your use case, not the hype.
