Get Out of the Model's Way

When something doesn't work, the instinct is to add more. More guardrails. More tools. More structure. With LLMs, this instinct is often wrong. Paradoxically, AI engineers are building elaborate systems to constrain models that are now smarter than the constraints themselves. We're doing the model'

Watch my AI Engineering talk: How Claude Code Works

A few weeks ago, I gave a talk at the legendary the AI Engineering Summit. It’s titled: “How Claude Code Works” Claude Code completely changed how our engineering org functions. It really feels like a “moment” in this space. Importantly, it represents a new standard for building autonomous agents.

Every agent should be a VM

There is no doubt that OpenAI's Codex CLI and Anthropic's Claude Code agents are order of magnitude shifts in what we can expect from coding agents. I recently did a deep-dive and wrote some articles on how Claude Code works and how OpenAI Codex works

LangGraph vs. Atomic Agents: Graph Orchestration vs. Modular Control

The landscape of AI development shifted dramatically in 2024. Developers moved away from simple, linear chains toward complex, autonomous workflows capable of iterative reasoning. As the demand for "agentic" AI grows, two distinct paradigms have emerged to handle the complexity: LangGraph and Atomic Agents. LangGraph, developed by the

Google Antigravity: First Impressions of the Agent-First IDE

Launched on November 18, 2025, alongside the powerful Gemini 3 model, Antigravity represents a massive shift in developer workflows. It is a standalone IDE designed to let developers operate as architects while AI agents handle the construction. After exploring the public preview, the verdict is clear: Antigravity offers a powerful

Mastering AI Prompt Mini-Frameworks

Prompt engineering has evolved from a niche "hot job" to a core competency similar to using a spreadsheet, essential for everyone. What once required specialized knowledge has become as fundamental to modern work as email or document editing. Mini-frameworks are structured logic blocks that break prompts into

System Prompts and AI Tools: Key Takeaways and Insight

In 2023, a simple prompt injection exposed Microsoft's Bing Chat internal instructions, code-named "Sydney", revealing the hidden blueprint controlling AI behavior. It was a watershed moment that pulled back the curtain on the invisible architecture shaping every AI interaction we have. System prompts are the

The first platform built for prompt engineering