Collection Notes

Two notable articles on AI and career:

• An AI agent coding skeptic tries AI agent coding, in excessive detail, and Simon Willison’s comment on it
• Yes, and…, the answer to the question “Given AI, should I still consider becoming a computer programmer?”, by Carson Gross, author of htmx

Two articles on sandboxing for AI agents:

• A field guide to sandboxes for AI, and Simon Willison’s comment to it
• The surprising attention on sprites, exe.dev, and shellbox

Individuals I’m following, who actively write and contribute in the AI field:

• Simon Willison. A must-read in this field now. He’s been topping Hacker News in 2023–2025¹. I can’t believe how he manages to cover nearly every aspect of the frontier. If you could only follow one source, make it him. He’s also the co-creator of the famous Django web framework.
• Armin Ronacher. He’s the creator of a lot of Python libraries, like Flask and Click. Now he’s writing a lot about LLMs.
• Mario Zechner. I discovered him through his tiny but curated coding agent Pi, which has been turning heads recently². I haven’t taken a look yet, but will do.
• Mitchell Hashimoto. Ghostty’s creator. He’s writing a lot about his AI adoption in real development.

Two articles on work habits:

• Using an engineering notebook
• “Nothing” is the secret to structuring your work