Short essays for developers building with AI.
Practical writing about AI coding workflows, project structure, product best practices, tools, and the habits that help you ship maintainable software.
What “open weights” means for AI models
Learn what open weights means for AI models, how it differs from open source, and what Qwen3.8 and Kimi K3 show about the future of open AI.
1Password for Claude keeps your passwords out of AI
1Password for Claude lets Claude complete browser logins without putting your passwords or one-time codes inside the AI model.
LM Studio Bionic runs AI agents with open models
LM Studio Bionic is a new AI agent for coding and document work using local models or open models in the cloud.
fstack, the simple stack
I built my own agent skill collection. It's called fstack. The f stands for Flavio.
Software was never worth the hours it took
There is a strange feeling when an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken you two weeks.
When more people are building software, what's the value of software?
More people are building software than ever.
AI and the joy of programming
Two tweets crossed my feed this week, and both hit a nerve.
IDE, CLI, vibe coding tool, …how to decide?
There’s no “best” option. There’s the best option for this project, today , with your level of experience.
AI Bandwagons
AI is great at one thing: generating movement . It’s all very exciting, it’s all new, it’s all promising, it’s very cool. That’s also the problem. Movement...
On AI doomerism
I don't want to say I hate it, because that's too strong of a sentiment and tbh I care very little about this, but AI doomerism is... tiring. Ok, I think I...
Will AI replace Web Developers?
A few days ago I received 2 emails asking me if learning Web Development is worth it, since AI now can do our job, in many cases better than us. Wherever y...
AI and the future of software developers
Yesterday I sent an email to my newsletter. Context: I have a bunch of ideas for future courses I have in mind on my courses page, but as a good “marketer”...