Sam Keen
@samkeen.bsky.social
Software developer : Python, AWS tech, Building Gen AI projects.
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Weekly AI newsletter for developers: Alteredcraft.com
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Weekly AI newsletter for developers: Alteredcraft.com
Reflecting on 2025, a year dedicated to recalibration, I am excited about the plans for 2026, which will focus on accelerating into AI research and writing.
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2025 Leaps, 2026 Plans
No deep dive this week.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reflecting on 2025, a year dedicated to recalibration, I am excited about the plans for 2026, which will focus on accelerating into AI research and writing.
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Latest edition of Altered Craft’s weekly AI review
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Weekly review: Security Fundamentals, Is Claude conscious?, and much more
Edition #151 :: This week's curated set of articles, helping you navigate AI's application in engineering
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Latest edition of Altered Craft’s weekly AI review
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Some thoughts towards adapting to an AI involved software development workflow
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Developers, AI Changed Everything. No, You're Not Doomed
Why the best developers are getting better, not obsolete
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Some thoughts towards adapting to an AI involved software development workflow
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Latest post from Altered Craft. Quick Skills guide for those using Claude Code
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Claude Skills: Your Workflows, Encoded Once, Applied Intelligently
Progressive disclosure for your workflows: lightweight markdown files that load just-in-time, saving context and time.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Latest post from Altered Craft. Quick Skills guide for those using Claude Code
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That is curious, I witnessed Claude Opus 4.1 in a task to "review a folder's contents" using `tree` to "get a better understanding of folder structure" 🤔
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That is curious, I witnessed Claude Opus 4.1 in a task to "review a folder's contents" using `tree` to "get a better understanding of folder structure" 🤔
I recently ran a scan of all @github.com repos in the range of 450k stars to 200 stars to see what real world coding agent use looks like.
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Mapping AI Agent Adoption Across 217,000 GitHub Repositories
Which AI agents are developers actually using?
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October 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I recently ran a scan of all @github.com repos in the range of 450k stars to 200 stars to see what real world coding agent use looks like.
open.substack.com/pub/alteredc...
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☝️Helping coding agents concur JSON
If you work with a lot of JSON data, install `jq` and ensure your agent is aware of it's presence. Any frontier agent will know how to use it, but you can also hint the agent to examine `jq --help` if you think that will help.
If you work with a lot of JSON data, install `jq` and ensure your agent is aware of it's presence. Any frontier agent will know how to use it, but you can also hint the agent to examine `jq --help` if you think that will help.
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
☝️Helping coding agents concur JSON
If you work with a lot of JSON data, install `jq` and ensure your agent is aware of it's presence. Any frontier agent will know how to use it, but you can also hint the agent to examine `jq --help` if you think that will help.
If you work with a lot of JSON data, install `jq` and ensure your agent is aware of it's presence. Any frontier agent will know how to use it, but you can also hint the agent to examine `jq --help` if you think that will help.
Latest post from my newsletter
Levering AI itself to help adapt to the disruption of AI in software development
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Levering AI itself to help adapt to the disruption of AI in software development
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Engineering AI Generated Artifacts for Human Review
When AI writes at 10x speed, your review process becomes the bottleneck
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October 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Latest post from my newsletter
Levering AI itself to help adapt to the disruption of AI in software development
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Levering AI itself to help adapt to the disruption of AI in software development
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My new fav mini-prompt for working with Claude (Code)
- After Claude suggests a "fix":
"""
In your opinion is this "simple fix" addressing a bug or is it a hack? We want to ensure it brings us closer to best practices and it not just addressing a symptom of a deeper arch issue in the code base.
"""
- After Claude suggests a "fix":
"""
In your opinion is this "simple fix" addressing a bug or is it a hack? We want to ensure it brings us closer to best practices and it not just addressing a symptom of a deeper arch issue in the code base.
"""
June 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My new fav mini-prompt for working with Claude (Code)
- After Claude suggests a "fix":
"""
In your opinion is this "simple fix" addressing a bug or is it a hack? We want to ensure it brings us closer to best practices and it not just addressing a symptom of a deeper arch issue in the code base.
"""
- After Claude suggests a "fix":
"""
In your opinion is this "simple fix" addressing a bug or is it a hack? We want to ensure it brings us closer to best practices and it not just addressing a symptom of a deeper arch issue in the code base.
"""
ScreenShotOps
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Kubernetes debugging with screenshots
When Kubernetes clusters went down and weren’t scheduling new pods, the team used Claude Code to diagnose the issue.
#ScreenShotOps
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Kubernetes debugging with screenshots
When Kubernetes clusters went down and weren’t scheduling new pods, the team used Claude Code to diagnose the issue.
#ScreenShotOps
June 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
ScreenShotOps
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Kubernetes debugging with screenshots
When Kubernetes clusters went down and weren’t scheduling new pods, the team used Claude Code to diagnose the issue.
#ScreenShotOps
www-cdn.anthropic.com/58284b19e70...
Kubernetes debugging with screenshots
When Kubernetes clusters went down and weren’t scheduling new pods, the team used Claude Code to diagnose the issue.
#ScreenShotOps
The 2025 Ai engineers Worlds fair is in progress. For those who could not attend (like me), the event organizers where kind enough to put much of the content on YouTube. Great collection of talks!
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AI Engineer
Talks, workshops, events, and training for AI Engineers.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The 2025 Ai engineers Worlds fair is in progress. For those who could not attend (like me), the event organizers where kind enough to put much of the content on YouTube. Great collection of talks!
youtube.com/@aidotengin...
youtube.com/@aidotengin...
Some really interesting features and approaches for dagger's LLM integration.
MCP support and and elegant approach to agent loops. Best of all, open source!
MCP support and and elegant approach to agent loops. Best of all, open source!
June 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Some really interesting features and approaches for dagger's LLM integration.
MCP support and and elegant approach to agent loops. Best of all, open source!
MCP support and and elegant approach to agent loops. Best of all, open source!
Peter Mbanugo Has pulled together a nice collection of articles speaking to the advantages and frustrations of pair programming with an AI
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#GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
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#GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
Peer Programming with LLMs, For Senior+ Engineers
This article contains a collection of resources for senior (or staff+) engineers exploring the use of LLM for collaborative programming.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Peter Mbanugo Has pulled together a nice collection of articles speaking to the advantages and frustrations of pair programming with an AI
pmbanugo.me/blog/peer-p...
#GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
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#GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
What a week for generative AI. With conferences from Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic
May 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
What a week for generative AI. With conferences from Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic
"Pro" Tier AI Access Hitting "Sports Fanatic Cable Bill" Rates... 🤔
These price points for top-tier AI are definitely climbing, especially when many of us are familiar with the pretty solid capabilities of the ~$20/mo tiers.
These price points for top-tier AI are definitely climbing, especially when many of us are familiar with the pretty solid capabilities of the ~$20/mo tiers.
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Pro" Tier AI Access Hitting "Sports Fanatic Cable Bill" Rates... 🤔
These price points for top-tier AI are definitely climbing, especially when many of us are familiar with the pretty solid capabilities of the ~$20/mo tiers.
These price points for top-tier AI are definitely climbing, especially when many of us are familiar with the pretty solid capabilities of the ~$20/mo tiers.
FireCrawl is hiring Agents
Bit of a publicity stunt (they are also hiring the human who created the agent)
Is this a glimpse of future roles:
” _____ agent operator” (ex: coding agent operator)
What do you think?
techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/...
Bit of a publicity stunt (they are also hiring the human who created the agent)
Is this a glimpse of future roles:
” _____ agent operator” (ex: coding agent operator)
What do you think?
techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/...
Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees | TechCrunch
Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn't go as planned. Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn't go as planned.
techcrunch.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FireCrawl is hiring Agents
Bit of a publicity stunt (they are also hiring the human who created the agent)
Is this a glimpse of future roles:
” _____ agent operator” (ex: coding agent operator)
What do you think?
techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/...
Bit of a publicity stunt (they are also hiring the human who created the agent)
Is this a glimpse of future roles:
” _____ agent operator” (ex: coding agent operator)
What do you think?
techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/...
Went through through @DeepLearningAI's short course on MCP this weekend. Highly recommended! It's led by Elie Schoppik of @AnthropicAI Opens with a high-level overview then details implementation of servers and clients.
#MCP #GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
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#MCP #GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
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May 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Went through through @DeepLearningAI's short course on MCP this weekend. Highly recommended! It's led by Elie Schoppik of @AnthropicAI Opens with a high-level overview then details implementation of servers and clients.
#MCP #GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
learn.deeplearning.ai/courses/mcp...
#MCP #GenAI #SoftwareDevelopment
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Excited for the unofficial start of summer with the holiday weekend in the US! After that, we'll have our second Portland AI Engineers meetup, this time in partnership with WeWork.
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Portland AI Engineers | Join our growing community
Connect with Portland's AI app development community. Engage in hands-on AI experimentation and build practical applications with peers.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Excited for the unofficial start of summer with the holiday weekend in the US! After that, we'll have our second Portland AI Engineers meetup, this time in partnership with WeWork.
Sign up today
www.portlandai.engineer/#events
Sign up today
www.portlandai.engineer/#events
It's a whirlwind week in AI coding news as Google and Microsoft prepare to challenge OpenAI's Codex.
May 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's a whirlwind week in AI coding news as Google and Microsoft prepare to challenge OpenAI's Codex.
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Weekly curated list of developer GenAI tools, tutorials, and new, Minus the Hype
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May 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It was an active week in AI. Just finished crafting the latest edition of DevThink.AI.
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Considering the personal Spotify AI policy: "Purchase of personal software only approved if I can show that it is not feasible to code it myself (with an AI assistant)"
I need a social posting aid, could a build a bare bones system that meets my needs 🤔
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/shop...
I need a social posting aid, could a build a bare bones system that meets my needs 🤔
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Shopify Says No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the Job
The e-commerce company’s CEO is requiring employees to integrate artificial intelligence into teamwork.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Considering the personal Spotify AI policy: "Purchase of personal software only approved if I can show that it is not feasible to code it myself (with an AI assistant)"
I need a social posting aid, could a build a bare bones system that meets my needs 🤔
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/shop...
I need a social posting aid, could a build a bare bones system that meets my needs 🤔
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/shop...
—Firsts—
Was just on a video call which had more AI bots in attendance than humans
Was just on a video call which had more AI bots in attendance than humans
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
—Firsts—
Was just on a video call which had more AI bots in attendance than humans
Was just on a video call which had more AI bots in attendance than humans
Kalama, odd spot along I5. River, big boats, and sea lions
April 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Kalama, odd spot along I5. River, big boats, and sea lions
Are all pineapple upside down cakes the result of buying crushed pineapple versus cored by mistake or is that just me?
April 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Are all pineapple upside down cakes the result of buying crushed pineapple versus cored by mistake or is that just me?