Development

MARCH 18, 2026

The Robotic Tortoise & the Robotic Hare

Stripe launched Tempo today. I raced Claude against a local model on my laptop - and the simpler model won.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

Adding Complexity Reduced My AI Cost by 41%

Discover how Google's Agent Development Kit patterns reduced LLM token usage by 41.2% & cut costs by 41.7%. Learn the unified tool approach that transformed dozens of specialized Ruby tools into enterprise-grade agent automation with built-in safety & state management.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

How AI Tools Differ from Human Tools

Why the mental models we've built for human interfaces don't work for AI, & how Anthropic's latest guidelines are reshaping tool design for better performance & efficiency.