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The Steering Tax
Why the most capable model is often the cheapest path to working code
Feb 4
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Sam Keen
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Stop Telling Junior Devs to Avoid AI
Building judgment while you ship, not before
Jan 30
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Sam Keen
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The Ralph Wiggum Agent Loop Is Really About Engineering Discipline
The viral spread has obscured what actually makes Ralph work. The bash loop gets the attention. The methodology behind it deserves it more.
Jan 22
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Sam Keen
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Agent Native Architecture
Calibrating Autonomy and Predictability in Agent Systems
Jan 16
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Sam Keen
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Zero Lines of Python
What happened when I replaced my API with a prompt
Jan 8
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Sam Keen
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2025 Leaps, 2026 Plans
No deep dive this week.
Dec 23, 2025
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Sam Keen
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Mistral's CLI Agent. Swap Models, Add Tools, Keep Control
Mistral's Take on an Extensible CLI Agent
Dec 18, 2025
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Sam Keen
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Staying Engaged: An Artifact-Driven Workflow for Claude Code
A plugin for staying in the loop while your agent writes code
Dec 11, 2025
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Sam Keen
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Two Years of Writing, One Afternoon of Code
A hands-on RAG build, and an honest look at AI coding agents
Dec 4, 2025
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Sam Keen
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A second look at LLMs and Memory
PLUS the Anthropic SDK makes tool use easier
Nov 27, 2025
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Sam Keen
Google's Antigravity IDE: First Impressions
Context engineering for humans juggling multiple AI coding agents
Nov 21, 2025
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Sam Keen
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Testing Mozilla's any-llm: A Practical Take on Provider Abstraction
Note to my readers: this is new format I’m testing for analysis based posts, more of a “learning in public format.” Let me know if it’s valuable.
Nov 13, 2025
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Sam Keen
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