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Rob Conery's software-development essays, tutorials, and field reports on databases, AI-assisted engineering, and building software.

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  • We Lost the Team, So We Rebuilt the Platform #SoftwareDevelopment #Engineering #Databases

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    Jul 20, 2026

  • Well Hello Fable! #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Databases

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    Jul 20, 2026

  • Champion OS: I built an AI that tells me no #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource

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    Jul 14, 2026

  • Big Codebases, New Challenges #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Databases

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    Jul 14, 2026

  • Throw Fable at your notes while you can #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Databases

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    Jul 9, 2026

  • The Human's Scarce Attention #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Productivity

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    Jun 29, 2026

  • Is it possible to squeeze good code from a cheap model? #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding

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    Jun 22, 2026

  • Why Claude Writes Better Code Than Me #AI #Coding #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Jun 9, 2026

  • Why Claude Writes Better Code Than Me #AI #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Jun 9, 2026

  • The Cohort Boss Request Template #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Databases

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    Jun 6, 2026

  • Claude has some weird opinions #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #FieldNotes

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    Jun 5, 2026

  • Roll Your Own Claude Code Toolkit #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding

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    Jun 3, 2026

  • Creating a Masterpiece with Claude Code #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding

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    May 30, 2026

  • Creating a Masterpiece with Claude Code #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding

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    May 30, 2026

  • AI Coding Policies #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding

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    May 28, 2026

  • Dealing with Your AI Hater Peers #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    May 28, 2026

  • Common Instruction Templates #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #DevOps

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    May 28, 2026

  • The Philosophy of Prompting #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #PromptEngineering

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    May 28, 2026

  • The Boss Request Template #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Productivity

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    May 28, 2026

  • Agentic Orchestration Overview #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    Apr 9, 2026

  • Look Bro, I Know How to Write Good Code #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding

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    Mar 16, 2026

  • Making Productivity Turing Complete #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Productivity

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    Mar 2, 2026

  • The Token Police #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    Feb 23, 2026

  • Becoming The Wolf #SoftwareDevelopment #Opinion #AI

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    Feb 18, 2026

  • Let Go, Let Claude #AI #LLM #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Feb 11, 2026

  • The Ground Has Shifted #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Career

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    Jan 27, 2026

  • The Split #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    Jan 19, 2026

  • Enjoying The Ride #Life #Software #AI

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    Dec 18, 2025

  • 🤭 Let's try it and see if it sucks #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    Nov 3, 2025

  • Creating an MCP Server Using Node #NodeJS #SoftwareDevelopment #Tutorial

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    Nov 2, 2025

  • Creating an MCP Server Using Node #NodeJs #SoftwareDev #Tutorial

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    Nov 2, 2025

  • Actual, tangible steps to get over Imposter Syndrome #Career #SelfImprovement #Mindset

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    Oct 7, 2025

  • In the Land of the Blind... #SoftwareDevelopment #AI #Opinion

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    Sep 23, 2025

  • The Incremental Tutorial #AI #Software #Tutorial

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    Sep 10, 2025

  • When You Stop Loving What You Do #Career #SoftwareDevelopment #PersonalGrowth

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    Sep 3, 2025

  • Checking Your Docs with Claude #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    Sep 1, 2025

  • How Did You Learn AI Tools? #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tutorials

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    Aug 18, 2025

  • The AI Genie in the Bottle #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Opinion

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    Jul 24, 2025

  • Following the Fun #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Tech

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    Jul 22, 2025

  • Creating a Markdown Compiler #AI #Software #Development

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    Jul 18, 2025
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