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A story of failure...or a story of realization of purpose?

(I didn't start with the problems cuz I felt like my target audience would read them, say "see, and THAT'S why I don't use these tools", and stop reading)

I confess, Part 4 happened for tactical reasons (Part 3 got too long). The problems I enumerate there are mostly ones I believe are mitigated by the practices in Part 3.

I should think about cross-linking them better... 🤔

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Fine, I'll do it myself: A Practical Guide to Agentic Engineering Part 4 Things that still kinda suck. NOTE: This is Part 4 of a series on my education with AI-driven software development. Part 1 is the why. Part 2 is the how. Part 3 is the what. Part 4 is a bit more what...

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Just the facts, ma'am: A Practical Guide to Agentic Engineering Part 3 Resource Management For Dummies NOTE: This is Part 3 of a 3 (?) part series on my education with AI-driven software development. Part 1 is the why. Part 2 is the how. Here we finally come to the spec...

Part 3: nikkipin.ski/just-the-fac...

Close enough for jazz: A Practical guide to Agentic Engineering Part 2 Prompt Engineering is dead. Long live Context Engineering NOTE: This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on my education with AI-driven software development. Part 1 is the why. This is the how. Part 3 is th...

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I feel obligated to add: this was written by a human, for other humans. If your instinct is to ask an AI model to summarize this post, it is not for you.

Gravity wells and disillusionment troughs: A Practical guide to Agentic Engineering or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Claude NOTE: This is a series on my education with AI-driven software development. I'm starting with why, for those cynical, suspicious, or ambivalent ...

Gravity wells and disillusionment troughs: A Practical guide to Agentic Engineering. I wrote about my journey with AI software dev. I'm starting with why, for those cynical, suspicious, or ambivalent, as I was only 2 months ago. Jump ahead if you're beyond that (linked below).

Tldr: smaller atomic units of work, independent adversarial iteration and feedback loops.

I have a bit about the philosophical mindshift changes required, and my own concrete workflow to execute it.

The neurodivergent Big Tech survival guide Editor’s note: This was the last internal document I wrote at Amazon. It was written with the mentees, mentors, and friends I left in mind. But the response was really positive, and it seems to have r...

I wrote a thing. Actually I wrote it in December. But now I made a public home for it.

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Watch this space. Coming later this week: A Practical Guide to Agentic Engineering.

My job has changed, but not that much.

It's Cinema Appreciation Day! Nothing - *nothing* - makes me feel "Fuck Yeah This Is Why I Love Movies" more than David's yearly countdown.

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cis women that come up to trans women to say "can i just say, i really love your vibe" should be given flowers and medals.

Can't Wait! 😍

The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.

It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.

Don't talk to journalists about DIY HRT.

Well, Gemini also had to make me look surprised/shocked/clickbaited :D

But also it gave me more foundation and blush which I don't bother with at work...hahah

OK full disclosure, that was Gemini-generated but using my current profile pic.

(reality: I look even more fabulous than my AI self :D)

Today is my last day at AWS after 13 years!!

In retrospect I don't know what else to say about it. A thread doesn't feel like enough. A book might get me sued. 💀

Onwards and forwards! I'm staying in tech but not American Big Tech. So do with that hint what you will.

Big news coming...

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I'm gonna do it for the first time this year in a few years, and that's a brilliant pattern - I shall do exactly that.

People were saying that about Bruce Willis for years, and that turned out to have a tragic root cause explanation.

Bruce started appearing in direct-to-video shlock in 2008, when he was 53.

Kate Beckinsale is 52. :/

Legal Eagle: Transition Goals

Fuck, I read this headline as Devops and was *SO CONFUSED*.

Narcissists are overrepresented in executive class running companies.

Narcissists love sycophants.

Gen AI is a sycophantic technology.

Executives across all industries are obsessed with Gen AI.

Gee, who could've seen that coming.

P.S. 5/4. My money is where my mouth is: