Treat Your AI Agent Like a New Engineer
Most AI coding agent failures are not prompt problems. They are onboarding problems.
I walk through how I set up a real Rails repo so a coding agent has the context it needs before it starts changing code. Using CreatorSignal as the example, I show the repo artifacts that make Codex more reliable, then use a small API key debounce bug to show how much better the work gets when the codebase tells the agent what matters.
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Your Codebase Is the Problem, Not the AI Model
When AI agents don't follow your team's conventions, the instinct is to fix the prompt or switch models. The real bottleneck is usually the codebase itself.
3. Building CreatorSignal: From Report to Refinement (LIVE)
This stream picks up where the last one left off. CreatorSignal is an idea validation tool for YouTube creators: you submit a video concept, a research agent
You're Not Behind on AI. You're Just Overcomplicating It.
Get started with AI coding tools today, even if you feel behind. This is the practical guide for experienced developers who are overwhelmed by AI news and
1. Building CreatorSignal: Rails Auth & Deploy from Scratch (LIVE)
I built a Rails app from scratch using only Claude Code as my AI coding partner. Here's the full, unedited session showing my real workflow for AI-augmented
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