Chiron Codex

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Making #softwareengineering centaurs by augmenting software knowledge with #AI support. A project by @leeg. Support me on Patreon! https://patreon.com/chironcodex
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"The “AI is stealing our jobs” meme comes from a lack of understanding that software engineers are workers, not employers, and that the economic principles of employment and work apply to them the same as to other workers."

by @leeg

https://www.sicpers.info/2026/03/on-working-machines/

Exploring You Reflect https://youtu.be/BeUP0Xyb4ik
Exploring You Reflect

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If you're not 100% confident that you've diagnosed a problem you report to the language model, guessing can lead to the model following the wrong route as it pays attention to your guess. Instead, Call Out Error, tell it what's wrong without guessing at the cause, and it can find the problem itself. https://library.chironcodex.com/books/patterns-in-ai-augmented-software-development/page/call-out-error
Call Out Error | Chiron Codex Library

Call Out Error Intent Tell the agent when it does something wrong, before you commit to the mistak...

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@srbaker/116239645136922490

Thank you, @srbaker! AppScript was a lot of fun to make, alongside Claude Sonnet (4.5/4.6) and Devstral 2. Look out for a case study up on the Patreon soon!

@leeg has fulfilled the promise that Hair Force One made, at long last. https://fosstodon.org/@leeg/116239521730254164

You should see what else he's up to, you have only about ten days left: https://mastodon.social/@chiron_codex/116210340448360333

Announcing AppScript: an interpreted Objective-C subset with no pointers or primitive C types. We finally got Objective-C without the C. https://codeberg.org/leeg/appscript
appscript

AppScript is a scripting language that simplifies working with Cocoa frameworks.

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Over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/152873919 I shared with subscribers a feedback loop for working with AI-augmented coding assistants, ensuring we keep the “engineering” in #softwareengineering.

We've seen spec-driven development before, in the 1990s, and it didn't catch on. Find out why not, what's changed this time around and what's still the same, in the full video on the Chiron Codex Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152374453

#softwareengineering #aicoding #specdriven #specdrivendevelopment

Paid members of the Chiron Codex Patreon get early access to a new pattern: Replace Vibes with Tools. Remember, only a couple of weeks of early bird pricing left! https://www.patreon.com/posts/replace-vibes-152784176?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link