Tokensparsamkeit for coding assistants
You make decisions with data. Most businesses assumed that the most data, the better the decision. Then, several factors put a halt to the …
Nicolas Frankel
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Designing a team of agents
I continue to experiment with AI in the context of software engineering. I'm fortunate that my team supports me in exploring different ways …
Nicolas Frankel
1 viewsThree Mastodon issues because of Cloudflare Bot protection
I noticed some time ago that three Mastodon features had stopped working on my blog. Each of them seemed like a separate problem, but they …
Nicolas Frankel
2 viewsMaking illegal state unrepresentable
A couple of years ago, I wrote that The Builder pattern is a finite state machine!. A state machine consists of states and transitions …
Nicolas Frankel
1 viewsA GitHub agentic workflow
Last month, I became aware of GitHub agentic workflows. I read the site carefully, but the use cases weren't very exciting to me. I tried …
Experimenting with AI subagents
I like to analyze codebases I start working on, or that I left for months. I ask my coding assistant, case in point, Copilot CLI: "analyze …
One tip for successful OpenTelemetry projects
Leading your organization to use OpenTelemetry is a challenge. In addition to all the usual project hurdles, you'll face one of these two …
Nicolas Frankel
3 viewsThe Software Architect Elevator
I don't think it's necessary to introduce Gregor Hohpe. I'm a big fan, having read Enterprise Integration Patterns, and I've recommended the …
Nicolas Frankel
1 viewsWriting an agent skill
Most developers now use coding assistants. I do too—Copilot at work, Claude Code at home. As a developer, I prefer not to repeat myself. …
Pi-hole behind Tailscale
As I age, I become increasingly cautious about my privacy. The slope the world is sliding on is also a big, unfortunate incentive. I have …