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My April 2026 AI Retrospective is up 🧵
Covering: persistent knowledge bases (wiki-over-RAG via Karpathy’s gist), hands-on time with Granola for meeting notes, evaluating Emdash & Supacode for parallel agent workflows, and the multi-repo problem that nobody’s solved well yet.
Also: two posts on AI writing consistency and MCP with Spring AI.
👉 https://robintegg.com/2026/05/06/april-2026-ai-retrospective.html
#AI #Java #SpringAI #Agents #Retrospective

April 2026 AI Retrospective

Consolidation, knowledge bases, and trying out the new wave of harness tools, a personal retrospective on April 2026.

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg 5d ago

New article: Exploring MCP with Spring AI 🧵

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is becoming a key primitive in the AI tooling landscape — giving LLMs structured access to your application via Tools, Resources, Prompts, and Apps.

Spring AI wraps the MCP Java SDK with Boot starters and annotations that feel natural to any Spring developer.

https://robintegg.com/2026/04/26/exploring-mcp-with-spring-ai.html

#Java #SpringAI #SpringBoot #MCP #AI

Exploring MCP with Spring AI

MCP gives your LLM access to external systems via your agent. Spring AI makes it straightforward to build MCP servers in Java using annotations.

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg Apr 23

"The writing skill helps because it turns 'style' from a vague intention into explicit rules."

As a developer writing long-form content with AI, I kept ending up with inconsistent, AI-flavoured posts. My fix: a reusable voice skill that the agent applies every time I draft or edit.

Split structure rules from voice rules. Composable, maintainable, and it actually keeps my writing sounding like me.

https://robintegg.com/2026/04/23/consistent-voice-with-a-writing-skill.html

Why a Consistent Voice Matters (and How a Writing Skill Helps)

A short note on why voice consistency matters as content output grows, and how a writing skill plus an agent-driven quiz loop keeps posts aligned.

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg Apr 6

This month has been all about harnesses and orchestration — building my own agent harness on the Copilot SDK to understand the ecosystem from the inside out.
Also sharing what’s changed about how I approach research and why I’m building a persistent knowledge base inside the repo itself.
https://robintegg.com/2026/04/05/march-2026-ai-retrospective.html
#AI #Java #GitHubCopilot #SoftwareDevelopment

March 2026 AI Retrospective

Harnesses, orchestrators, and the growing ecosystem of AI workflow tooling, a personal retrospective on March 2026.

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg Mar 26

Want to build your own AI tools on top of your GitHub Copilot license?

The Java Copilot SDK, a community-built port that became the official SDK lets you write Java code to drive Copilot. Sessions, prompts, agentic workflows, all from code rather than Markdown instructions.

Includes a working JBang file summarizer: no Maven project, no IDE, just a single Java file from the terminal.

https://robintegg.com/2026/03/26/getting-started-with-java-copilot-sdk.html

Getting Started with the Java Copilot SDK

Java Developer by trade, AI Explorer by choice, and a Spring Boot Wizard at heart. I specialize in building robust, scalable applications and systems while actively integrating the power of Generative AI into modern software workflows. Beyond the IDE, I'm a firm believer in sharing knowledge and fostering the developer community. I thrive at the intersection of enterprise reliability and cutting-edge automation, always looking for the next challenge that requires a mix of clean code and creative intelligence. ☕🚀

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg Mar 14

You fixed it. The AI did it again next session.

You learned. The AI didn't.

Close the loop 👇
https://robintegg.com/2026/03/14/ai-feedback-close-the-loop.html

#Java #GitHubCopilot #ArchUnit

AI Feedback: Close the Loop

How to build a feedback loop at the end of every AI-assisted ticket, using a reusable Copilot prompt to update instructions and ArchUnit tests so the AI gets smarter session by session.

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg Mar 13

"Building with AI isn't just about better prompting; it's about System Design."

Agents = Why. Prompts = What. Skills = How.

Orchestrating AI Workflows with Copilot Agents, Prompts, and Skills:
https://robintegg.com/2026/03/13/orchestrating-ai-workflows-with-agents-prompts-and-skills

#AIEngineering #GitHubCopilot

Orchestrating AI Workflows with Copilot Agents, Prompts, and Skills

A mental model for AI orchestration that mirrors clean code principles: Agents define the workflow, Prompts execute a phase, and Skills perform the atomic actions.

Robin Tegg

Robin Tegg Mar 12

Shipped https://yorkshiregolf.life and I’m dead chuffed with it 🏌️

Something I keep thinking about: AI lowers the floor, not the ceiling. The barrier to starting something is basically gone now. But finishing — really finishing, with care and intention — that’s still a you problem.

Don’t let a polished prototype fool you into thinking you’re done. The last mile is still walked on foot.

#Golf #Yorkshire #IndieWeb #AI #BuildInPublic

Yorkshire Golf Life

Robin Tegg Mar 8

Sharing a video that resonates with me little. My own thoughts bounce between are we just going to be machine operators and others still need help to extract the value in ai so there’s still a place for us. Who knows? https://x.com/atmoio/status/2030289138126107074?s=46

Mo (@atmoio) on X

I was a 10x engineer. Now I'm useless.

X (formerly Twitter)

Robin Tegg Mar 6

A nice mention for Awesome Java UI in the IntelliJ Java annotated monthly newsletter #java https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2026/03/java-annotated-monthly-march-2026/

Java Annotated Monthly – March 2026 | The IntelliJ IDEA Blog

A lot is happening in tech and beyond, and as we step into March, we have pulled together a fresh batch of articles, thought pieces, and videos to help you learn, connect, and see things from new angles.

The JetBrains Blog