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Latest issueSoftwareOpen source when you have AIWelcome to the new era of open source development with AI. You can move way faster, the scope can explode with ease, and you may find yourself prompting a lot. It's not easier.#1483 min#148
Free thinkingWriting when you have AIIf before writing was the most effective tool to organize ideas, now it has a competitor in AI. Yes, but they can also work together. And they work on different levels and situations.#1473 minSoftwareAPI design for agentsIf you write code, you want your API to be clean, concise, and beautiful. Less explicit, less verbose. Agents may be the opposite. Give them a full explicit API, and don't leave anything hidden.#1463 minSoftwareLibrary development with agentsLibrary development is changing as well with agents. The principles are the same as app code: as much linting, tests, and static checks as possible. With that in place, internals can move, fast.#1452 minSoftwareBringing State Machines in effectThe new @typeonce/effect-machine library is out, and it brings state machines and state charts into effect. Composable and fully type safe, just like effect. Let me give you an introduction.#1442 min

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