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Undoing AI vibe-coded slop with AI written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-03-29 | tags: ai llm coding architecture plugins opencode tools

AI can code, but it can't architect your app. Human judgment keeps code maintainable. I turned 8,500 lines of AI-coded chaos into a plugin system—here’s what I learned. Ever cleaned up AI code? Repost or share your story! buff.ly/R1AIDyY #softwarearchitecture #aicoding

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Creative mentorship strategies for career growth in challenging times written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-03-25 | tags: mentorship leadership coaching networking growth development creativity teamwork community learning

How do you keep mentoring and leading when budgets are tight? You don’t need big budgets—your skills and network are enough. Here are 5 budget-free ways I’ve helped others grow at work. What’s your go-to strategy? Comment or share! buff.ly/lAKet1K #.mentorship #.careergrowth

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Closing air gaps written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-03-15 | tags: automation efficiency airgaps workflow processes agents imagination skill mapping labs

What’s the hidden bottleneck in your workflow? Air gaps—manual steps we ignore—add up fast. I share how spotting and closing these gaps saved me time and energy. Have you found air gaps in your work? Comment or repost if this rings true! buff.ly/lhmOcqL #automation #workflow

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Agent skills are also human skills written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-03-14 | tags: automation documentation workflow context dependencies github obsidian productivity skills structure agents

Are agent skills just for bots, or do they shape how we work too? Workflow skills reveal our habits, not just automate tasks. My daily sign-off skill bakes in my workflow—context matters! What do your automations say about you? buff.ly/flUlA9W #.agentskills #.workflow

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My weekend experiment making PyMC installable in a WASM environment written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-03-08 | tags: python pymc bayesian webassembly pyodide

PyMC in your browser? It works—just not with NUTS! WASM lets PyMC run client-side, but NUTS is still missing. Spent my weekend getting PyTensor running in WASM. Learned a lot, but NUTS is still out for now. Would you use PyMC in-browser? Repost or comment!

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Yeah, 1000%. It helps that I tend to have consistent vocabulary, and I find that putting parentheses around synonyms in strategic places (Maps of Content, for e.g.), helps with searching by meaning. It'll grep by keyword, find nothing, try synonyms, and find the stuff it needs.

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No indexing! Just tools: grep, read, etc.

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Mastering Personal Knowledge Management with Obsidian and AI written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-03-06 | tags: agents ai obsidian knowledge management productivity workflow

Drowning in work chaos? Plain text + AI agents keep me organized—no vendor lock-in. My Obsidian + Python workflow isn’t perfect, but it’s saved me hours and stress. How do you manage info overload? Comment or repost! buff.ly/BvEYHq8 #.pkm #.aiworkflow

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How to stay in control when doing EDA with coding agents written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-02-13 | tags: agents ai data science exploratory data analysis workflow productivity

Are coding agents making you better, or just faster? Speed means nothing if you lose control of your analysis. I found that slowing down and adding structure led to 5-10x speedups—without chaos. Does this match your experience? Repost or comment! buff.ly/mbVjECO #datascience #ai

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How to Do Agentic Data Science written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-02-01 | tags: agentic coding experiments logging reports journal plots iteration structure exploration

Agentic coding is transforming data science. AI is a collaborator, not just a tool. I distilled 10 lessons from real ML projects—like agent journals and prescriptive prompts. These tips saved me days and sparked new ideas. Which tip would you try? bit.ly/409K82l #datascience #aiagents

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📣 @ericmjl.bsky.social is teaching an "Agentic Data Science" workshop to raise funds for #SciPy2026

🗓️ March 27 & April 3, 2-4 PM EST
🎟️ $1,000 minimum donation ($200 for students)

👉️ Sign up at agent-assisted-data-science.vercel.app
👉️ Pay to NumFOCUS (tax-deductible) at givebutter.com/RBJuGI.

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Model feel, fast tests, and AI coding that stays in flow written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-01-25 | tags: llm autonomy supervision personality verbosity harness refactoring workflow testing ergonomics

Model 'feel' can make or break your coding flow. Harness and feedback loops often matter more than model scores. Switching models and adding fast tests changed my workflow for the better. Agree? Repost or share your experience! buff.ly/Nv2cC1k #ai #devlife

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Sign up here! buff.ly/P1T2mh3

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Video recordings available if you can't attend live.

If you've been curious about agentic data science but didn't know where to start, this gives you techniques you can use the next day.

And you'll be supporting the SciPy community at the same time.

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The workshop covers:

- Prescriptive prompting for experiments
- Project structure for agents
- Logging and verification strategies
- Report writing with AI
- Staying in control during EDA
- The minimalist version first

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I've been using these techniques in my projects and with my teammates for the past year to compress experimental timelines from days to minutes. 2/n

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Agentic Data Science Workshop | SciPy 2026 Fundraiser Learn how to compress 2 weeks of work into 1 day using coding agents. A fundraiser workshop for SciPy 2026.

Teaching an "Agentic Data Science" workshop to raise funds for SciPy 2026.

Compress weeks of work into a day using coding agents.

March 27 & April 3, 2-4 PM EST
Google Meet
40 spots, $1,000 min donation paid directly to NumFOCUS (tax-deductible)

Sign up: buff.ly/P1T2mh3 1/n

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How to build self-improving coding agents - Part 3 written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-01-19 | tags: agents ai workflows productivity skills

Treat your coding agent like a teammate, not a chatbot. I think the trick is knowing when to update AGENTS.md vs create a skill. I share my simple model for evolving agent workflows and building real leverage. What’s your approach? Comment or share! buff.ly/FluyXjj #.aiagents #.devworkflow

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How to build self-improving coding agents - Part 2 written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-01-18 | tags: agents ai skills mcp workflows

Tired of repeating the same coding steps? Skills—markdown playbooks—make agents smarter and your life easier. I share how skills saved me time and made team know-how reusable. Would you try skills? Comment or repost! buff.ly/rTPYdMf #.ai #.automation

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Tired of repeating yourself to coding agents? Agents should actually learn from our feedback. AGENTS .md and simple playbooks helped my agents improve week by week—less babysitting, more progress. Tried this? Let me know or repost! buff.ly/5qi4pic #.ai #.automation

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We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

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How I fixed a browser selection bug with sequence alignment algorithms written by Eric J. Ma on 2026-01-06 | tags: javascript bioinformatics katex canvas algorithms bugfix highlighting selection web development ui

Bioinformatics fixed my browser bug. DNA sequence alignment beat string normalization for messy text highlighting. Smith-Waterman, a DNA algorithm, solved my canvas-chat issue. Cross-domain ideas really work! Ever tried a wild fix? Comment or share! buff.ly/wnq3Ewz #.webdev #.algorithms

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First contact with GLM-4.7 and... yeah, it feels a lot like Opus 4.5. One-shotting coding problems. I gotta probe where its limits are.

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Same goes for product-minded engineers!

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Canvas Chat: A Visual Interface for Thinking with LLMs written by Eric J. Ma on 2025-12-31 | tags: ai llm opencode claude visualization tools productivity

Ever wish LLM chats could branch like your thoughts? Linear chat holds us back—so I built Canvas Chat for nonlinear exploration. Open-source, infinite canvas for branching and merging ideas with Claude, GPT, and more. Repost or comment if this sparks ideas! buff.ly/KaFK4fR #.ai #.opensource

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How I Themed My tmux with OpenCode + Claude (And When to Switch Models) written by Eric J. Ma on 2025-12-27 | tags: ai opencode claude tmux terminal creativity workflow pair-programming

AI themed my tmux bar—no plugins needed. AI let me focus on design, not syntax. Claude + OpenCode turned ideas into a terminal I love. You just need vision! How has AI changed your workflow? Repost or comment! buff.ly/aCXmjK1 #tmux #aipairprogramming

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I use OpenCode, and have OpenCode read its own session as a way of remembering the exact history of what we did. I then feed AI the narrative I want to tell, and have it fill in the details :)

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You Can Just Make Stuff with OpenCode and Claude Opus 4.5 written by Eric J. Ma on 2025-12-28 | tags: ai opencode claude automation workflow llm reasoning development review tools

I don't code anymore—I build. AI lets me ship projects by describing what I want, not how to do it. In 10 days, I shipped 6 projects with OpenCode + Claude Opus 4.5. The gap between idea and product is tiny now. Would you try this? Repost or comment! buff.ly/blroW24 #ai #buildfast

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Two years of weekly blogging and what 2025 taught me written by Eric J. Ma on 2025-12-25 | tags: blogging retrospective coding agents llms bayesian biotech career writing marimo modal data science

🎄Merry Christmas to all! 104 blog posts. 2 years. Here’s what changed for me. Writing weekly turned AI into a true collaborator. Lessons on coding agents, Bayesian stats, and biotech leadership—shared honestly. What did 2025 teach you? Comment or repost! buff.ly/Kkebg57 #blogging #datascience

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