November 14, 2025
AI Code Reviews: DIY vs Copilot Six Weeks Later
Six weeks running OpenCode and GitHub Copilot in parallel on production code. Real costs, actual bugs caught, and which ...
ai code-review
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November 4, 2025
The State of Cursor, November 2025: When Sandboxing Leaks Your Secrets
Cursor's new sandbox security model can expose credentials from your home directory. How the switch from allow-lists to ...
cursor security
October 26, 2025
Cursor's New Features: One Hit, One Miss
Planning Mode proves Cursor can iterate thoughtfully, while Cursor Hooks feels rushed. A detailed review of both feature...
cursor ai-coding
October 20, 2025
Level Up Agentic Coding with MCP #2: Stop Describing UI Issues
Add browser automation to your AI agent with Playwright MCP. See how visual inspection transforms UI debugging from 10+ ...
MCP Playwright
October 17, 2025
aicommits v1.0.0: Six Months of AI-Assisted Development Come Full Circle
Announcing aicommits 1.0.0, a milestone release bringing flexible AI provider support, AWS Bedrock integration, and less...
aicommits release
September 28, 2025
Trying Cursor's New CLI: More Than Just Desktop in Your Terminal
A hands-on review of Cursor's new CLI tool, covering installation quirks, model flexibility, GitHub Actions potential, a...
cursor cli
September 24, 2025
Another Codex: OpenAI's Uncooperative Thinking Machine
Testing GPT-5-Codex against Claude Sonnet 4 and finding that long thinking times and uncooperative behavior kill develop...
ai-coding openai
September 17, 2025
Level Up Agentic Coding with MCP #1: Web Search
Bridge the gap between RooCode and Cursor by adding web search capabilities using the DuckDuckGo MCP server for current ...
mcp roocode
September 4, 2025
Can You Actually Code from Your Phone? Testing Cursor Agents
I spent a few evenings testing Cursor Agents to see if AI-powered development on isolated VMs could actually let you cod...
cursor ai
August 28, 2025
Test Your SSL/TLS Configuration Before Your Users Do
Don't let certificate chain issues or outdated TLS configs bite you in production. Here's a bash tool that catches SSL/T...
ssl tls
August 25, 2025
Agent Hooks: Amazon's Take on Reactive Development
Testing Kiro's Agent Hooks feature - a fascinating take on reactive development where your IDE automatically responds to...
kiro amazon
August 21, 2025
That Weird Scrolling Thing in Git Has a Name (And You Can Configure It)
Discover what pagers are, why git uses them, and explore modern alternatives to the default less pager for better comman...
git cli
August 18, 2025
First Look at Kiro: Amazon's New Agentic Coding Tool - Beta Impressions
Amazon's Kiro has brilliant architectural ideas but dangerous security flaws. My honest review after 4+ hours of testing...
kiro amazon
August 12, 2025
Cursor vs VSCode Extensions: A Real-World Comparison of AI Coding Tools
After months of testing Cursor against free VSCode extensions like RooCode and KiloCode, here's an honest breakdown of w...
ai development cursor
August 3, 2025
RAG Isn't as Complex as You Think: Building a Zendesk Chatbot in 90 Minutes
How I went from thinking RAG required custom search APIs to building a functional knowledge base chatbot in one evening,...
rag ai development
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July 24, 2025
AI Agent PoC Speedrun [Any%]: 90 Minutes to Working Demo
From weekend curiosity to client opportunity: How we built a working Postgres AI agent in 1.5 hours while chatting, and ...
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July 17, 2025
Building a Weather-Aware Lunch Bot with Cursor: When AI Development Actually Delivers
How I used Cursor to build a serverless Slack bot in just 2 hours of actual work - and why the hardest part wasn't the c...
ai development cursor
July 10, 2025
Building a Better AI Commit Tool: When the Original Just Isn't Cutting It
Sometimes the best solution is to fork it yourself. Here's how I rebuilt aicommits from the ground up to handle real-wor...
ai tools developer experience
July 3, 2025
Lovable.dev from a Senior Developer's Perspective: When AI Design Actually Works
A senior developer's honest review of Lovable.dev - exploring how AI-powered design tools are finally delivering on thei...
ai design
June 26, 2025
Check Your TypeScript Packages Before You Ship Them
Don't let sneaky module resolution issues ruin your users' day. Here's a CLI tool that catches TypeScript package proble...
typescript npm
June 21, 2025
My AI Coding Journey: What Works, What Doesn't
Two months into AI-assisted development as a senior consultant - the key insights, best practices, and mindset shifts th...
ai ai coding
June 15, 2025
Welcome to My Blog: Sharing Insights on Modern Web Development
A brief introduction to my new blog where I'll share insights on modern web development, best practices, and the latest ...
web development blog