I'm becoming an AI Synthesizer! Here's why you should join me on my journey. 1. What is a Synthesizer? I don't mean a musical instrument 🙈: But I can give you a musical analogy: ➤ Synthesizers are like DJs, but they mix ideas instead of music They're solving a very

Context Engineering is steering AI away from the "average" response.

I Tested GPT-5 Against Claude Code. The Results Changed My Workflow by @Olearningcurve

Claude Code + Opus 4.1 is still the king of AI coding

Takeaways Pre-built nodes save minutes; dynamic loops can drain hours. Plain code beats node spaghetti for recursion. TaskMasterAI feels like having a project manager perched on your shoulder. Less prompt engineering, more building.

The models stayed laser-focused with these well-defined tasks: finish task ➜ commit ➜ next task. No context juggling, no sticky-note chaos. End result: a CLI script that lets two LLM agents (evaluator-optimizer style) debate anything, from water-kefir to quantum riddles.

So I flipped to Cursor + TaskMasterAI and re-ran the experiment. Same 4-hour block, wildly different outcome: - TaskMasterAI turned my rambling spec into a crystal-clear PRD, then exploded it into bite-sized, dependency-aware tasks, all inside Cursor.

Last Thursday I tried building a “curious student 🤓 vs. expert 🤖” debate loop in n8n. Something similar to the Evaluator-Optimizer workflow described in the famous Anthropic article on building effective AI agents:

I tried building AI Agents in n8n Here’s why I sprinted back to Cursor + Task Master AI

Want to hear more stories from me? Check out my newsletter:

TL;DR: AI coding tools are amazing, but don't let them turn your brain off. Use them consciously, but stay sharp. Don't end up like me, bombing an easy interview question!

3️⃣ The "Airplane Test": Could I build this feature offline, without AI? 4️⃣ Strategic Use: Use AI for specific things: learning new concepts NOT as a default crutch for basic coding.

So, did I rage quit AI? No. But I drastically changed HOW I use it. It’s about being the PILOT, not the passenger: 1️⃣ Active Review: NEVER blindly accept AI code. 2️⃣ Manual "Workouts": Consciously write fundamental code without AI sometimes.

And it's not just interviews. Relying too heavily means: ▶️ Shipping code you don't fully grasp ▶️ Struggling when AI fails (legacy code, complex bugs) ▶️ Maybe capping your own skill ceiling, becoming just a "prompter"

My mind went COMPLETELY blank. 🥶 A year ago, I'd have solved this in 2 minutes. But in that moment, my brain just… stalled. I was waiting for the AI suggestion that wasn't there. Time ran out. I failed. Utterly embarrassing.

Then came the interview. Standard stuff. Python challenge: Write a function that returns True if any two nums in the list sum up to n. Simple, right?

But then… weird things started happening. ▶️ That slight pause, waiting for AI to suggest the next line ▶️ "Syntax Amnesia" Spending ages wrestling with prompts instead of just coding.

Like many people, I went ALL IN on AI coding tools. The initial rush was insane: ▶️ Code flew out ▶️ Boilerplate vanished I felt like I'd unlocked God Mode for programming.

I BOMBED a coding interview yesterday. Not because it was hard, but because I literally forgot how to solve a simple problem without AI. 🤯 Sound familiar? If you're deep into Cursor and Vibe Coding This might be the wake-up call you need, too 🧵👇

@obsdmd Full tutorial:

Claude reads my @obsdmd second brain I just vibe