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Trust Comes from the Sherpa
From Code Monkey to Context Sherpa: how AI is reshaping the role of the software engineer from solo climber to group tour guide.
Jun 27
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Daniel Kirschner
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The Real UX Behind Every AI Tool Isn’t Intelligence - It's Trust
From Assistance to Autopilot: Why AI Products Rise or Fall on Trust
Jun 26
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Daniel Kirschner
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Not Quite Software
LLMs aren’t apps, APIs, or assistants - and the metaphors we use to talk about software are breaking down
Jun 19
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Daniel Kirschner
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Shifting the Blocks: How AI is Changing Developer Abstractions
From tab-completion tweaks to entire features: four practical ways AI reshapes software engineering today.
Jun 16
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Daniel Kirschner
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Build Better AI Prompts: The 6 Blocks Every Engineer Should Know
Simple blocks, repeatable structure, and feedback from the AI peanut gallery.
Jun 9
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Daniel Kirschner
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ChatGPT: the Pragmatic Editor
Will rewrite your design spec for clarity before you've finished explaining it.
Jun 6
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Daniel Kirschner
Gemini: the Cognitive Scientist
Thinks in flowcharts, cites its sources, and silently judges your search history.
Jun 6
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Daniel Kirschner
Grok: the Exhaustive Technician
Finds edge cases you didn’t test, fixes them with duct tape, and calls your design “mid.”
Jun 6
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Daniel Kirschner
Claude: The Strategic Analyst
Leaves 42 comments on your prompt design, all correct, all politely phrased, none skippable.
Jun 6
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Daniel Kirschner
May 2025
Structured Tools, Chaotic Kitchen
Giving Claude access to my system was easy. Making sure he didn’t fry the filesystem took more work.
May 29
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Daniel Kirschner
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Claude, Meet My Filesystem
How I broke the copy+paste cycle
May 27
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Daniel Kirschner
I Just Wanted a Menu
Why MCP servers are the missing link between language models and real tools
May 15
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Daniel Kirschner
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