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Alex Kates
2 years
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one thing is clear with coding agents. knowing solid software architecture is really important.
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5 days
RT @leerob: Learn how to build an AI agent in 175 lines of Python.
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6 days
who's building the ai agent that prevents other agents from leaving useless comments in code?.
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Alex Kates
6 days
what's your coding agents name?. i call mine bob.
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Alex Kates
14 days
booleans are an anti-pattern. just use a timestamp. activateAt >>> isActive.
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Alex Kates
20 days
dont use graphql for config.
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Alex Kates
24 days
RT @tpschmidt_: AWS has completely overhauled its 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿 for new accounts—and if you’re a developer (or thinking about becoming one), he….
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26 days
i wrote a prettier plugin to enforce one property per line in all object literals, no matter the printWidth. links to source and npm in comments.
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26 days
i feel like coding agents ended the js/ts debate.
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Alex Kates
1 month
i coded by hand a little tonight and felt alive.
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Alex Kates
1 month
imma take ai’s job.
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Alex Kates
1 month
who's building grammarly for my coding agent input in vscode?.
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Alex Kates
1 month
iykyk
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Alex Kates
1 month
gonna be a good day
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1 month
no llm is smart enough to configure eslint.
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1 month
every time i open twitter
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Alex Kates
2 months
driving me nuts. how is this possible?. why is vscode telling me consumer is not nullable?
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Alex Kates
2 months
wait is us-east-1 fine rn?.
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