# building machine (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover building machine. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Practical Guide to Reducing Token Spend](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/a-practical-guide-to-reducing-token-spend/) _2026-07-16 · Adam Jacob_ Building a Swamp Workflow reduced real world token usage of an AI Agent by 8x and improved execution time by 2x - here is how to do it yourself. ## [Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/laziness-impatience-hubris/) _2026-04-14 · Adam Jacob_ How Larry Wall's virtues of a Perl programmer inspire me in this era of engineering ## [Adaptive Building Blocks](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/adaptive-building-blocks/) _2026-04-09 · Adam Jacob_ Adaptive building blocks are how automation keeps up with AI development ## [Communication Breakdown](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/communication-breakdown/) _2026-04-07 · Adam Jacob_ Talking with Stephen O'Grady about AI and building the machine that builds the machine ## [Avoiding the Lethal Trifecta for Personal Agents](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/avoiding-the-lethal-trifecta-with-swamp/) _2026-03-31 · Adam Jacob_ How teaching your Claw about Swamp can help avoid the lethal trifecta ## [You still have to refactor, even with AI](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/you-still-have-to-refactor-even-with-ai/) _2026-03-29 · Adam Jacob_ Engineering with AI Agents doesn't mean you get to skip the fundamentals ## [As we build, so we believe](https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/as-we-build-so-we-believe/) _2026-03-28 · Adam Jacob_ Building the machine that builds the machine, in order to learn what I believe about the future of my profession