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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · 24d

idk it’s possible :)

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 29d

Getting some truth bombs from @ghuntley.com at web directions engineering AI this evening.

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · 24d

I Am an Engineer anna.kiwi/blog/work-sy...

I Am an Engineer by Anna McPhee

I was my own worst gatekeeper until I realised that engineering isn't about credentials, it's about how I approach building software.

anna.kiwi

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Sep 9

cursed-lang.org

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Sep 9

ghuntley.com/cursed

i ran Claude in a loop for three months, and it created a genz programming language called cursed

It's a strange feeling knowing that you can create anything, and I'm starting to wonder if there's a seventh stage to the "people stages of AI adoption by software developers" whereby that seventh stage is essentially this scene in the matrix... It's where you deeply understand that 'you can now

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Sep 2

I left out the part where they just didn’t care and put forward opinions that non determinism in security didn’t matter

“People would buy it”

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Sep 2

ghuntley.com/secure-codeg...

anti-patterns and patterns for achieving secure generation of code via AI

I just finished up a phone call with a "stealth startup" that was pitching an idea that agents could generate code securely via an MCP server. Needless to say, the phone call did not go well. What fol...

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John Allsopp @johnfallsopp.com · Aug 23

This is a very thoughtful piece by @ghuntley.com Think about the impact of large language models on open source.

ghuntley.com/libraries/

Geoff speculates that we will increasingly no longer rely on open source because Li's language models are trained on all of it and can simply generate them.

what is the point of libraries now that you can just generate them?

It's a meme as accurate as time. The problem is that our digital infrastructure depends upon just some random guy in Nebraska. Open-source, by design, is not financially sustainable. Finding reliable...

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Aug 24

ghuntley.com/agent

how to build a coding agent: free workshop

😎The following was developed last month and has already been delivered at two conferences. If you would like for me to run a workshop similar to this at your employer, please get in contact. Hey ever...

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Aug 22

ghuntley.com/allocations/

too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor

This blog post intends to be a definitive guide to context engineering fundamentals from the perspective of an engineer who builds commercial coding assistants and harnesses for a living. Just two we...

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Phillip Carter @phillipcarter.dev · Jul 29

Uhh @ghuntley.com this you?

Grace @gracekind.net · Jul 28

Legend

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Aug 20

ghuntley.com/libaries

what is the point of libraries now that you can just generate them?

It's a meme as accurate as time. The problem is that our digital infrastructure depends upon just some random guy in Nebraska. Open-source, by design, is not financially sustainable. Finding reliable...

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jul 22

Scales yes, toys on the small are fun. If you find something on the small that can be automated without humans that can scale you are onto something.

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jul 19

Ya indeed, in theory one could black box anything TDD style with enough traces…

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jul 19

ghuntley.com/no

this should not be possible

It might surprise some folks, but I'm incredibly cynical when it comes to AI and what is possible; yet I keep an open mind. That said, two weeks ago, when I was in SFO, I discovered another thing that...

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jul 18

Nothing

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jul 18

me too, me too :)

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Corey “🎃Managed NAT Gateway👻” Quinn @quinnypig.com · Jul 15

This is gold.

I'm super curious what incident led to the inclusion of "DO NOT discuss ANY details about how ANY companies implement their products or services on AWS or other cloud services" in the system prompt.

Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Jul 14

ghuntley.com/amazon-kiro-...