Julian Harris
@julianharris.bsky.social
- Ex-Googler cutting through the BS about AI agents https://makingaiagents.substack.com
- Passionate about the climate crisis.
- Also 2 sons & a muso
- Passionate about the climate crisis.
- Also 2 sons & a muso
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Julian Harris
@julianharris.bsky.social
· May 14
How do you get started with agents in your business? I answer this with a super in-depth deep dive, step by step.
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AI coding agents accelerate code creation. It doesn’t accelerate organisations.
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
AI coding agents accelerate code creation. It doesn’t accelerate organisations.
How do you get started with agents in your business? I answer this with a super in-depth deep dive, step by step.
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/the-best-n...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/the-best-n...
May 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
How do you get started with agents in your business? I answer this with a super in-depth deep dive, step by step.
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/the-best-n...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/the-best-n...
The cover of my upcoming book on Vibe Coding. What do you think?
May 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The cover of my upcoming book on Vibe Coding. What do you think?
When should you build an AI agent? A checklist in one minute.
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(Stay up to date about AI agents at makingaiagents.substack.com )
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(Stay up to date about AI agents at makingaiagents.substack.com )
March 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When should you build an AI agent? A checklist in one minute.
youtube.com/clip/Ugkx2gF...
(Stay up to date about AI agents at makingaiagents.substack.com )
youtube.com/clip/Ugkx2gF...
(Stay up to date about AI agents at makingaiagents.substack.com )
Have you vibe coded and want to take it to the next level? I was vibe coding before it was cool 😎 and I'm offering a Vibe Coding Masterclass… limited numbers, sign up now!
bit.ly/vibecodingma...
bit.ly/vibecodingma...
Sign up to the Vibe Coding Masterclass: build better quality vibe-coded apps
You’ve vibe-coded a few apps with AI coding agents like Replit, v0, Lovable, Databutton, Cursor, Windsurf etc, and drank the cool-aide. But you've hit these problems:
How do I get it to behave? E.g. n...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Have you vibe coded and want to take it to the next level? I was vibe coding before it was cool 😎 and I'm offering a Vibe Coding Masterclass… limited numbers, sign up now!
bit.ly/vibecodingma...
bit.ly/vibecodingma...
When using AI coding agents, for effective results, I'm finding there is always going to be a decison to be made:
"when do I change gears from "black box prompting" (nontechnical, directional, outcome-based) to "white box prompting" (technical, tactical, focused)".
Familiar?
"when do I change gears from "black box prompting" (nontechnical, directional, outcome-based) to "white box prompting" (technical, tactical, focused)".
Familiar?
March 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
When using AI coding agents, for effective results, I'm finding there is always going to be a decison to be made:
"when do I change gears from "black box prompting" (nontechnical, directional, outcome-based) to "white box prompting" (technical, tactical, focused)".
Familiar?
"when do I change gears from "black box prompting" (nontechnical, directional, outcome-based) to "white box prompting" (technical, tactical, focused)".
Familiar?
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One of the things I’ve come to appreciate being with privacy folks this week is how unique Signal is at this moment. I know it’s maybe a cliche at this point, but it needs to be said.
March 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One of the things I’ve come to appreciate being with privacy folks this week is how unique Signal is at this moment. I know it’s maybe a cliche at this point, but it needs to be said.
The latest issue of Making AI Agents is out! Latest AI agent news plus a special deep dive into Deep Research: 12 different ways to do it…
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/deep-dive-...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/deep-dive-...
Deep dive into Deep Research: 12 agents and agent makers compared
The Deep Research challenge: Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, ChatGPT, Make.com, Relay, SmythOS, n8n, Microsoft Autogen, Gumloop & CrewAI…
makingaiagents.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The latest issue of Making AI Agents is out! Latest AI agent news plus a special deep dive into Deep Research: 12 different ways to do it…
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/deep-dive-...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/deep-dive-...
OMG some team actually went through with this.
February 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
OMG some team actually went through with this.
Every UI is going to become agentic.
February 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Every UI is going to become agentic.
I’m working on a project called “AskAI”. I probably only need £50k to take it to market. But REALLY need askai.com for to be legit so I’m doing a raise for £4,050,000 wish me luck!
February 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I’m working on a project called “AskAI”. I probably only need £50k to take it to market. But REALLY need askai.com for to be legit so I’m doing a raise for £4,050,000 wish me luck!
Feeling pretty Admiral-ish right now
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Feeling pretty Admiral-ish right now
“Unregulated” generally translates to “make the rich get richer” right?
February 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“Unregulated” generally translates to “make the rich get richer” right?
New newsletter out! How to design high quality AI agents for instant productivity, reduced support & training costs.
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makingaiagents.substack.com/p/how-to-des...
How to design high quality AI agents for instant productivity, reduced support & training costs
In this issue I give examples of how agents are hugely reducing friction when using new tools, with a subsequent massive reduction in support and training costs.
makingaiagents.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
New newsletter out! How to design high quality AI agents for instant productivity, reduced support & training costs.
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/how-to-des...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/how-to-des...
In my experience, human effectiveness is dependent on accumulation of knowledge from direct experience. Even if AI becomes as good as humans I think we still need to train our brains with direct, diverse & empowering experiences to maximise its potential. Otherwise our brains will atrophy.
Totally! I wrote two things along this vein. The first drew on my experience of being a curator at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social during grad school: buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In my experience, human effectiveness is dependent on accumulation of knowledge from direct experience. Even if AI becomes as good as humans I think we still need to train our brains with direct, diverse & empowering experiences to maximise its potential. Otherwise our brains will atrophy.
My robot vacuum cleaner knocked over a tyre that was leaning against the wall this morning. I call this art installation “brexit”.
February 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My robot vacuum cleaner knocked over a tyre that was leaning against the wall this morning. I call this art installation “brexit”.
Name one thing in your house right now that isn’t food, clothes or plants and isn’t from the US or China.
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Name one thing in your house right now that isn’t food, clothes or plants and isn’t from the US or China.
Anyone else outside the US starting to unfollow people posting about Trump’s daily hijinx? I get it: Musk and him are doing shockingly bad things. I’m just not interested in having it in my feed though.
February 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Anyone else outside the US starting to unfollow people posting about Trump’s daily hijinx? I get it: Musk and him are doing shockingly bad things. I’m just not interested in having it in my feed though.
It's nice Google offers a way to download your data but I'm not sure a week is enough to download… 884 x 2GB files… 🤯
January 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's nice Google offers a way to download your data but I'm not sure a week is enough to download… 884 x 2GB files… 🤯
Another issue of my Making AI Agents (MAIA) newsletter is out! My dream is that it's something people set aside and take the time to read through in-depth, because it's a biggie…
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/making-ai-...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/making-ai-...
Making AI Agents… and why you SHOULDN'T be building one
Agents are the New Shiny. They have their place… but is it in your org?
makingaiagents.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Another issue of my Making AI Agents (MAIA) newsletter is out! My dream is that it's something people set aside and take the time to read through in-depth, because it's a biggie…
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/making-ai-...
makingaiagents.substack.com/p/making-ai-...
Tech is running around in a mad race to see who can make themselves redundant with AI first.
January 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Tech is running around in a mad race to see who can make themselves redundant with AI first.
Google AI studio has a “LearnLM” mode to play the role of a tutor. This is a very exciting way to use AI to learn.
Https://aistudio.google.com
Https://aistudio.google.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Google AI studio has a “LearnLM” mode to play the role of a tutor. This is a very exciting way to use AI to learn.
Https://aistudio.google.com
Https://aistudio.google.com
I asked Deepseek Chat, a free China-based competitor to ChatGPT, to “Pick a number between 1 to be 10000. Overthink it.” Hilarity ensues.
January 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I asked Deepseek Chat, a free China-based competitor to ChatGPT, to “Pick a number between 1 to be 10000. Overthink it.” Hilarity ensues.