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Loop Engineering (13 minute read)
Loop engineering is when a developer replaces themselves as the person who prompts the agent with a system that does it instead. The loop is a recursive goal where the user defines a purpose and the AI iterates until complete. The technology is still early - users have to be careful about token costs and still monitor to ensure quality - but this is likely the future of how people work with coding agents. Stop prompting coding agents and design loops that prompt agents instead.
Apr 29 | Blog
The Trust Problem With AI Agents
Why developers should not entirely rely on agents, and what you can do about it.
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Jun 09 | Dev
Doing nothing at work (4 minute read)
A lower utilization rate of 80% is recommended for software engineers to make sure they are available for unpredictable, high-impact opportunities. By avoiding a constant backlog grind and the temptation of uncompensated backchannel tasks, devs can prevent burnout.
Jun 09 | AI
Apple Introduced Siri AI (4 minute read)
Apple announced a long-delayed Apple Intelligence update for Siri, now branded “Siri AI,” with a more conversational assistant planned for OS releases this fall. The update was said to include Google-powered changes to Apple's on-device Foundation Models and deeper AI integration across Apple platforms.
Jun 09 | Infosec
Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers (2 minute read)
Microsoft took down about 70 GitHub-hosted open source projects after malware was found in tools tied to Azure, Claude Code, Gemini's CLI, and VS Code. Attackers used the infected packages to capture passwords and credentials when developers opened the tools. The incident appears to be linked to an earlier compromise of Microsoft's Durable Task project, suggesting the same access was compromised again.
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