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Chiron Codex: helping software engineers become centaurs. APPropriate Behaviour
The book about all the things software writers do that aren't writing software.
Author Archives: Graham
On applying ethics to the LLMs and coding assistants situation
It often frustrates technologists that there isn’t an algorithm for deciding ethical behavior. You can’t follow a checklist or a set of rules to decide whether something’s ethical or not (or you can, but people might still disagree with you). … Continue reading
Posted in AI, philosophy after a fashion, Responsibility
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On taking developments in software engineering personally
Much of the feedback on my recent article on Reasons to Dislike AI Coding featured a dismissal of a collection of common themes in arguments against AI coding, without any thesis. That post was indeed my way of collecting thoughts, and connecting … Continue reading
Posted in advancement of the self, AI
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Announcing Axminster: visual software design
Axminster, my diagrammatic software design tool with LLM support, is now available for sale! Check out the product website for more info.
Posted in software-engineering, tool-support
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Inter-process communication in a sandboxed Mac app
Axminster—my graphical software design tool for the AI coding age—is still in beta, and it’s already been through three different technologies for inter-process communication (IPC). What gives? The reason the app needs IPC at all is to support the Model … Continue reading
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Reasons to dislike AI coding
Code as Art I covered this before in Art or tool? If you think of software as artistic output then generated software isn’t real because it doesn’t have the creative ineffability that’s a sign of true art. There’s no argument … Continue reading
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AI adoption, engineering process, and documentation consultancy
I’m available as a consultant on the things I do: helping developers understand AI; interpreting software engineering knowledge in depth; and writing precise documentation that’s easy to understand. Head over to the agency page to discover how to hire Software … Continue reading
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End of Line: Replacing MCP with Standard Filesystem Tools
Over on YouTube I shared a video where I demonstrate a more context-efficient approach for integrating existing systems into agentic tools than MCP, one that comes with built in access control mechanisms and that LLMs are already trained to understand: … Continue reading
Posted in AI, tool-support
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Using WebObjects at web-scale with Kubernetes and Firebase
Obviously the title is click-bait. I’m not at web-scale; I’m still developing my product. And I don’t use WebObjects. Except that I do. Read on. I’m using GNUstepWeb, the WebObjects 4.5-compatible web application framework from GNUstep. That lets me use Objective-C … Continue reading
Posted in architecture of sorts, FLOSS, gnustep, WebObjects
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Free Software and LLM Contribution Policies
Multiple free software (or open source) projects have policies that forbid, or in some cases allow with extra scrutiny and scepticism, contributions that are supported by AI-augmented tools. I believe that this is a poor decision for many reasons, which … Continue reading
Posted in AI, FLOSS, freesoftware, GNU
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I keep bouncing off the Scheme language
I have a huge appreciation for the Scheme programming language. I just seem to be unable to get it to stick in my head. This seems like a huge revelation for someone who named their blog after the Scheme textbook, … Continue reading
Posted in GNU, tool-support
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