After my previous article about agent-centric programming, I’ve been researching more advanced techniques for using Claude Code really productively. As a programmer with 30 years of experience, I’ve seen many …
A few days ago I came across a very interesting stream where someone showed their setup for agentic programming using Claude Code. After years developing “the old-fashioned way,” I have to admit that …
Lately, there’s been talk of AI agents everywhere. Every company has their roadmap full of “agents that will revolutionize this and that,” but when you scratch a little, you realize few have actually …
Throughout my career, I’ve seen many things change. I’ve gone from Borland to Visual Studio, from vi to Sublime Text, from Sublime to VS Code… And believe me, each change was a deliberate decision that …
Two protocols, two philosophies In recent months, two protocols have emerged that will change how we build AI systems: Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A) from Google and Model Context Protocol (MCP) from Anthropic. But …
A few months ago, when Anthropic launched their MCP (Model Context Protocol), I knew we’d see interesting integrations between LLMs and databases. What I didn’t expect was to see something as polished and …
A few years ago, many AI researchers (even the most reputable) predicted that prompt engineering would be a temporary skill that would quickly disappear. They were completely wrong. Not only has it not disappeared, but …
Mozilla AI surprises again: AI agents that work just by opening an HTML A few days ago I came across a Mozilla AI project that really caught my attention: WebAssembly Agents. And after 30 years watching the industry …
After many years working with systems of all kinds, I’ve seen how information retrieval has evolved from simple databases to today’s sophisticated systems. But what Baidu researchers have just proposed has …
The hype vs reality: reflections from a developer with 30 years of experience This morning I came across a talk that made me reflect quite a bit about all this fuss surrounding AI and software development. The speaker, …
Yet another protocol promising to change everything When IBM Research announced the Agent Communication Protocol (ACP) as part of the BeeAI project, my first reaction was the usual one: “Oh, just another universal …
Confession of a converted skeptic When Anthropic announced the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in November 2024, my first reaction was: “Ah, another protocol promising to solve all integration problems”. As a …
