In agent systems, context matters more than the prompt
A practical guide to what the planner actually sees, why context is more than the prompt, and why better context selection matters more than simply adding more tokens.
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Creating a Cursor rule to keep Python workflows on uv
I already had reusable `uv`-first instructions for Claude Code and Codex. I have now added the Cursor path too: generate a rule from the same source guidance so Cursor stays on the same Python workflow.
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Agents in plain English for developers
A practical guide to what agents are, what they are not, and how to reason about them in terms of context, tools, host loops, and runtime constraints instead of hype.
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Effectiveness anti-patterns — part 2: technical debt denial
The second part of a series on engineering effectiveness anti-patterns, focused on what happens when we keep postponing system health in favor of short-term feature delivery.
Productivity
Setting up a uv-first Python workflow for Claude Code and Codex
I kept noticing coding agents drifting into `pip install`, raw `python`, and hand-edited dependency files in Python projects. So I built a small repo with reusable `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` guidelines that push both Claude and Codex toward a consistent `uv` workflow.
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