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Not All Gems Are Rubies
A peek into a parallel branch of software evolution
Sep 18 • 
Dario Hamidi

July 2025

How I work with subagents
...or how I rarely use more than 50% of the available context window anymore
Jul 27 • 
Dario Hamidi

June 2025

Thinking Traps from the pre-agentic age
Just like water is invisible to fish, so are habits that I’ve built up over the years before agentic coding.
Jun 24 • 
Dario Hamidi
Introducing texted – a text editor for LLMs
...what happens when LLMs edit text like humans?
Jun 5 • 
Dario Hamidi
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A million beginner projects
...how to leverage vibe-coding for your own learning
Jun 3 • 
Dario Hamidi
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⏩ joining Sourcegraph to work on Amp
Everything is changing
Jun 2 • 
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May 2025

Grow your own agent
...build on what Thorsten encouraged you to do
May 13 • 
Dario Hamidi
Where are all the clients?
Specialized UIs will be just that – tools for special occasions
May 8 • 
Dario Hamidi

April 2025

Agentic coding with examples
Relinquish control for a bigger reward
Apr 19 • 
Dario Hamidi
How I use aider
No, you don't need to write your own agent
Apr 9 • 
Dario Hamidi
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March 2025

Cursor without rules
Yes, you can use Cursor without rules
Mar 20 • 
Dario Hamidi
Maybe the problem is you
if you are not getting enough value out of LLMs for coding.
Mar 14 • 
Dario Hamidi
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