So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Some semi-unhinged musings on where LLMs fit into my life—and how I'll keep using them.

Ars Technica

AI Coding Agents: Skills vs Commands vs Plugins vs Hooks Explained

If you are an engineer today, the challenge is no longer whether AI can help you write code. The challenge is the flood of tools and concepts. Every few weeks, there is something new. Agents, rules, skills, sub-agents, MCP, hooks. Each introduces its own vocabulary, and most explanations jump straight into features without explaining why any of these concepts exist in the first place. So you try them. Some things feel powerful. Some feel magical for a moment. Then the setup starts to feel […]

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