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Move the how out of your prompts and into your codebase
Your prompt can't carry the burden of correctness alone. Strict types, lint rules, a design system, and deterministic checks do work a longer prompt never could.
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Ryan Lanciaux
I have 20+ years of experience with web, native and backend apps. I run Spaceship Studio and wrote Modern Front-end Architecture.
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Using Grok Bot to keep my projects moving when I'm away from my desk
How I use Grok Bot as the go-between for my coding agents, so I can start work, check progress, and steer my side projects from anywhere.
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Native-Surface: Iterate on React Native iOS and Android apps in the browser without React Native Web
Native-Surface is a library that lets you preview React Native screens and components in a browser using a canvas renderer. I like having ways to quickly visualize what I'm…
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React Native in an Industry That’s Changing
Shopify is moving from React Native to Swift / Kotlin. The article was interesting, and I highly recommend reading it. My takeaway is that agents change the dynamics around…
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You don't need better agents, you need a better agent strategy
Escoffier's kitchens didn't necessarily have better cooks. Structure did the work. Same with agents: brigade beats prompting and hoping.
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Pi: Learn once, keep your tools
Trying Pi as a daily driver so I'm not locked into any model, and I have more control over the tools I use every day.
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Make your AI earn its keep: A grocery system that covers the subscription you're already paying for
A file-based meal and grocery system for LLMs. No code, no database — just markdown files, store circulars, and a weekly plan that can cover the subscription cost.
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Steering coding agents, one small diff at a time
Want more control over the code an agent is writing? A Hunk-based workflow for reviewing small diffs before they become a large one.
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Quick GitHub profile visit counter
GitHub profiles are a great addition to the platform. These profiles allow you to highlight your experience/interests and supply a little bit of personality to what people see…
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Better testing with Storybook
In this article, we will discuss strategy that I like to help keep Storybook stories up-to-date. For those that are unfamiliar, Storybook is a UI component workspace that I find…