Greg Herlein

There’s a lot of folks who are in outright denial about AI agentic programming. They are wrong. AND… they are right. My thoughts.

There’s no way to really understand something unless you dive into first principles. This is especially true for AI coding agents. What is the editor doing under the hood? I try to peel the onion a bit.

I’ve been exploring the intersection of AI and content creation lately, and I wanted to share my experience using Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 AI assistant within the Zed editor to streamline my blogging workflow.

Reading time: 10 minutes

It’s brutally hard to find a job as a new college grad today. And AI is changing things even for seasoned Engineers. Here’s my advice.

The evolution of AI-assisted programming has reached a pivotal moment, transforming from simple code completion to truly collaborative AI agents. This shift represents not just an improvement in tooling, but a fundamental change in how software is developed.

UPDATED: On Ubuntu 24.10 just installing using apt “just works.” This workaround no longer needed.

How I mapped some basic keys to be the same on MacOS and Ubuntu and saved my sanity. UPDATED! UPDATED AGAIN!

I was trained as a US Navy ET. Decades later I finally took my Ham Radio test. I am now also known as K06HAX! It’s a key step towards my whale song project!

The US Navy gave me a solid foundation in leadership and operational excellence. But translating that into the business world requires a few more things.

A short update on my whale song project: I fell down a few technical rabbit hole!