How to get started with the Pi coding agent (on a VPS)
Setting up Pi on a VPS is easier than I thought. Open source with a great unboxing experience. Follow along and enjoy!
Engineering Blog
Deep dives into our tech stack
Smaller open LLMs now work for open agents.
The last ten days have seen a phase shift in quality and speed of open weight models and inference. I am still adjusting.
A pair pomodoro with Pi
A brief experiment in working in short cycles with a coding agent. Human very much in the loop.
Coding agent generates its' own extensions
Handwritten note about generating extensions for the coding agent you are in a session with on something else. Engineer solutions in the moment.
Do you need a virtual Jamie Dobson?
Writing and publishing have multiple goals and audiences. My hand written drafts rarely make it out to the public, unless it is a comment or a micro post. AI generated makes it out, but may confuse readers. Handwritten post.
Prototyping a thin slice for federated corporate collaboration
Why prototype when you only hardly have time to write a reply to a detailed enterprese question? I made a prototype to reflect my thinking, understand an enterprise problem and explore the solution space. Rapidly.
Automated release notes with 'demo' skill
Agents can make release notes, given the right tools and instructions. Showboat, Chrome DevTools MCP were quite easy to use.
Blog post triage with a local coding agent
Can a coding agent help me get some of my draft blog posts over the line? I followed a tip by Chris Parsons to find out.
Coding agent from scratch - a loop with tools, not that complicated
Coding agents are not that complicated. A loop with some tools. I found an interactive tutorial that lets you experience it
Why Firehose
Why I built a separate personal blog, and what it has to do with drinking from the firehose.