Why I Prefer Stable Hours Over 'Get Your Work Done' in Software Dev Reading time ~3 minutes

I like stable, predictable work hours. I learned that when you try to hook your self-worth to “commitments” or “getting your work done” in an environment like software development where work is so difficult to estimate your schedule can quickly become chaos. How I got stuck… I started out treating......

Approvals Are a Security Wet Blanket for AI Agents Reading time ~3 minutes

I was running an AI agent in a remote VM, exposed only via HTTP through a Node web server so I could send it commands. The agent asked to kill all Node processes. I approved it and immediately lost access to the VM. In hindsight, obvious. In the moment, I......

Do Newer Models Hold Up as Context Fills? Reading time ~20 minutes

My experience has always been that AI models get pretty dumb after about 50% of their context window is filled. @vikhyatk on x.com challenged my assumption and said it’s been getting better. I decided to put on a little test. The below experiment was fully conducted and documented by gpt-5.2-codex......

Sharing Skills: Claude Marketplace to VS Code Workspaces Reading time ~4 minutes

Part 3 of 3 in the Skills Catalog series (Part 1 Part 2) You’ve built a skills catalog. Nested domains. Scripts that execute on demand. Now the final question: How do you share this across your team? Anthropic distributes skills through their marketplace and Skills API—portable, reusable knowledge packages. GitHub......

Learning from Anthropic: Nested Skills and Scripts Reading time ~7 minutes

Part 2 of 3 in the Skills Catalog series (Part 1 Part 3) Part 1 covered the catalog pattern. Now: how do you organize knowledge that scales to hundreds of skills? Anthropic’s skills repository shows patterns for complex domains: Nested structures for complex domains Scripts as executable knowledge Supporting resources......