Tag: ai

the human side of ai transformation

The human side of AI: A CTO’s take on fear, trust, and identity in the AI age

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AI is reshaping engineering teams emotionally as well as technically. A CTO shares insights on fear, trust, burnout, identity, and leading through AI change.

Ken Pickering
May 21, 2026 ⋅ 4 min read
Context rot is slowing down your AI agent: How to fix it

Context rot is slowing down your AI agent: How to fix it

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Learn what context rot is, why AI agent sessions degrade over time, and how to fix it with compaction, prompt anchoring, context files, plan files, and RAG.

David Omotayo
May 18, 2026 ⋅ 11 min read
Why are AI companies buying the teams behind your favorite dev tools?

Why are AI companies buying the teams behind your favorite dev tools?

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AI companies are buying developer tools as coding agents turn runtimes, package managers, and linters into strategic infrastructure.

Ikeh Akinyemi
May 10, 2026 ⋅ 6 min read
AI-assisted development governance A practical guide

AI-assisted development governance: A practical guide

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Learn how AI-assisted development governance uses rules, agents, hooks, and protocols to help AI coding tools produce safer, more consistent code.

Alexandra Spalato
May 9, 2026 ⋅ 11 min read

AI dev tool power rankings & comparison [May 2026]

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A deep dive into May 2026’s AI model and tool rankings. We break down performance, usability, pricing, and real-world capabilities across 50+ features to help you pick the right tools for your development workflow.

Chizaram Ken
May 4, 2026 ⋅ 10 min read

Exploring Agent Browser: AI agents on the web

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A practical guide to Agent Browser CLI. Learn how AI agents navigate, snapshot, and interact with web pages using stable references, enabling efficient automation and exploratory testing.

Emmanuel John
May 4, 2026 ⋅ 6 min read
How to write agent-friendly API documentation

How to write agent-friendly API documentation

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Write agent-friendly API documentation with OpenAPI, clear schemas, workflow guidance, and llms.txt for safer AI automation.

Frank Joseph
May 1, 2026 ⋅ 8 min read
Stop leaking PII: How to use local SLMs as a privacy buffer for cloud LLMs

How to build a local AI proxy to redact PII before LLMs

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Local AI proxy tutorial for detecting, masking, and rehydrating PII before prompts reach cloud LLMs.

Carlos Mucuho
Apr 29, 2026 ⋅ 14 min read

Graph RAG explained: Relationship-aware retrieval

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Learn how Graph RAG uses connected knowledge structures to improve retrieval beyond simple text similarity.

Rosario De Chiara
Apr 29, 2026 ⋅ 6 min read
I replaced my entire test suite with AI agents Here's what actually broke

I replaced my entire test suite with AI agents: Here’s what actually broke

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AI-generated tests can speed up React testing, but they also create hidden risks. Here’s what broke in a real app.re

Chizaram Ken
Apr 10, 2026 ⋅ 9 min read
Context engineering for IDEs Agents.md & Agent Skills

Context engineering for IDEs: Agents.md & agent skills

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How AGENTS.md and agent skills improve coding agents, reduce mistakes, and make AI IDE workflows more reliable and project-aware.

Chinwike Maduabuchi
Mar 23, 2026 ⋅ 16 min read
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Thinking beats coding: How to hire the right engineers in the AI era

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A CTO outlines his case for how leaders should prioritize complex thinking over framework knowledge when hiring engineers for the AI era.

Ken Pickering
Mar 18, 2026 ⋅ 4 min read