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  • AI Can Write Code, But It Can’t Debug Without Context

    Large Language Models (LLMs) are often marketed as the ultimate productivity boost for developers: “Write code faster! Debug with AI! No more manual work!” After a recent experience, I can confirm that LLMs are incredibly useful for writing and even structuring code (I’ll write about this probably in a later blog post). But when it…

  • I Stopped Manually Committing – Here’s Why

    I don’t code much in my day job anymore, but I still love building things. So last weekend, I finaly took the time to test GitHub Copilot’s Agents feature — specifically, a Commit Agent. I’ve seen agents.md and knew the theory, but I wanted the live experience: Could this actually improve my workflow, or was…

  • BuzzFeed’s AI Gamble Backfired – The pivot to AI isn’t going so great

    I just came across the article BuzzKill – BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI and thought it might be worth sharing. Not because of schadenfreude but as a reminder that going all-in on a technology that you haven’t fully mastered is a gamble that risks the company’s existence. The article starts with ……

  • Are we now coding / writing for other agents?

    I just wanted to tick off another article that I had marked for “read later”. In Claude Code is blowing me away, Nick Hodges writes about his surprise how well Claude Code wrote a website plus payment connection for him. The story itself is impressive, no doubt. But a key sentence (to me) comes later…

  • Stop Reinventing the Wheel – go to Community Events!

    I can only advise everyone in tech: Go to events, meetups, and webinars — talk to people, exchange ideas. We all face similar challenges. You don’t have to solve everything alone. And if an event turns out to be a dud? Well, so be it — at least you might have grabbed some free food.…

  • One of the most potentially dangerous failure modes of LLM-based coding assistants …

    I really like having Jason Gorman’s blog posts in my RSS reader. Especially when he’s highlighting some critical issues with AI assisted coding. This paragraph for example really made me smile: For example, a common strategy they use when they’re not able to fix a problem they created is to delete failing tests, or remove…

  • How to: Utiq Tracking sperren (Tracking via IP & Telefonnummer)

    Ich bin kein großer Fan davon, im Internet ge’tracked zu werden. Bisher dachte ich, Cookies löschen und Pi-Hole wären schon eine recht gute Lösung. — Dass aber noch direkt am Telefonanbieter auch noch ein Unternehmen steckt und cookieless track’ed, hat mich dann doch sehr überrascht.

  • Agent finops

    The start of this article made me laugh: The first time my team shipped an agent into a real SaaS workflow, the product demo looked perfect. The production bill did not. FinOps for agents: Loop limits, tool-call caps and the new unit economics of agentic SaaS I wasn’t laughing out of malicious joy, but as…

  • AI amplifies DevOps

    DevOps is the backbone of modern software delivery. The latest insights from Developer Tech on Perforce’s AI-driven tools highlight why — again. 70 percent of the organisations report their DevOps maturity materially affects their success with AI. Rather than replacing established delivery practices, proper foundational workflows serve as the prerequisite for scaling these capabilities. Perforce…

  • The Illusion of Smart Home Security – or – the remote controlled WebCam in your Home

    Smart home devices are sold with the promise of convenience: plug-and-play setup, remote control, automatic updates, seamless integration. But the recent DJI robot vacuum breach raises questions we should all be asking. What happened? Sammy Azdoufal, a software engineer, didn’t even need to “hack” anything. By reverse-engineering DJI’s cloud communication, he discovered that the same…