# coding tools (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover coding tools. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Confluence Podcast for 8.16.2026](https://craai.substack.com/p/the-confluence-podcast-for-8162026) _2026-08-16 · Matt Coyne · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ The insufferable voice of Claude. Mind the cognitive commons. The timing of AI help. The watermark arrives. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211429261/509c2662f439c64b13d054f2cdbfadf2.mp3) ## [Confluence for 8.16.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/confluence-for-81626) _2026-08-16 · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ The insufferable voice of Claude. Mind the cognitive commons. The timing of AI help. The watermark arrives. ## [The Confluence Podcast for 8.9.2026](https://craai.substack.com/p/the-confluence-podcast-for-892026) _2026-08-09 · CRA | Admired Leadership · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ Listen now | More on model safety. Start using coding tools. Mathematics’ open future. What we learned from our Apple Intelligence take. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210467611/23f33c9912314fb9e79fd36081e98187.mp3) ## [Confluence for 8.9.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/confluence-for-8826) _2026-08-09 · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ More on model safety. Start using coding tools. Mathematics’ open future. What we learned from our Apple Intelligence take. ## [The Confluence Podcast for 8.2.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/the-confluence-podcast-for-8226) _2026-08-02 · Jamie Baffa · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ A week that demands your attention. Reading too much into the score. Can you defend it? AI books are flooding the market. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209506624/ccbf06f22df55d647a907c802e17ed75.mp3) ## [Confluence for 8.2.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/confluence-for-8226) _2026-08-02 · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ A week that demands your attention. Reading too much into the score. Can you defend it? AI books are flooding the market. ## [The Confluence Podcast for 7.26.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/the-confluence-podcast-for-72626) _2026-07-26 · CRA | Admired Leadership · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ Opus 5. AI detection goes mainstream. The more things change. Two studies on AI and learning. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208562852/1cc6d83a7e9c2dd6b19f43284bde54a8.mp3) ## [Confluence for 7.26.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/confluence-for-72626) _2026-07-26 · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ Opus 5. AI detection goes mainstream. The more things change. Two studies on AI and learning. ## [The Confluence Podcast for 7.19.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/the-confluence-podcast-for-71926) _2026-07-19 · CRA | Admired Leadership · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ Listen now | An illustration of how things have changed. The increasingly capable "practical frontier." How language influences a model's values. Disclosure takes the floor. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207672610/69a461ca765402077795a4c58fdef251.mp3) ## [Confluence for 7.19.26](https://craai.substack.com/p/confluence-for-71926) _2026-07-19 · Confluence: AI, Leadership, and Communication_ An illustration of how things have changed. The increasingly capable "practical frontier." How language influences a model's values. Disclosure takes the floor. ## [Zero-Persistence E2EE (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TkPA2oSbMgVU) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ End-to-end encryption with client-side WebCrypto and volatile memory. ## [Shrinking Feedback Loops](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/shrinking-feedback-loops) _2026-07-07 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ I’ve been working on codifying my knowledge of software development into a multi-agent “Dev Team” plugin since March 2, 2026. ## [Agentic Workflows: Do Agents Work Like Humans?](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/agentic-workflows-do-agents-work) _2026-07-07 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Using data to invalidae assumptions ## [Work Backward From Production](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/work-backward-from-production) _2026-05-29 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Operations is the entire point ## [Same Boring Problems, New Tools to Blame](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/same-boring-problems-new-tools-to) _2026-03-27 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ I saw yet another post on LinkedIn the other day that illustrates a bad take on AI. ## [You can't ship todays work – CD & Leadership /w Bryan Finster](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/you-cant-ship-todays-work-cd-and) _2026-03-05 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ A recording from Bryan Finster and Adrian Stanek's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189999453/4d3cf188e8f13aa5910ff8a1610d6212.mp3) ## [AI Broke Your Code Review. Here’s How to Fix It](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/ai-broke-your-code-review-heres-how) _2026-03-04 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ When I started using AI-generated code as my primary development flow, it became immediately apparent that code review was broken. ## [The Polish Principle](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/the-polish-principle) _2026-03-03 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ I saw a comment recently from someone who asked an LLM to “polish” a paragraph. ## [The Knight Capital Continuous Delivery "Failure"](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/the-knight-capital-continuous-delivery) _2026-03-02 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ It’s common when discussing continuous delivery for CD naysayers to play “gotcha” with examples of when they think CD failed in mission-critical situations. ## [Software Takes the Shape of Its Container](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/software-takes-the-shape-of-its-container) _2026-02-26 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Your code didn't choose that shape. Your pipeline, teamwork, and org chart did. ## [You Automated Your Old Process](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/you-automated-your-old-process) _2026-02-24 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Why new platforms usually don't matter ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IQ1jV1M6QZPs) _2026-02-24 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [The Tools Aren't the Problem](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/the-tools-arent-the-problem) _2026-02-23 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Setting adoption targets for new technologies is one of the dumbest things you can do as a leader trying to accelerate delivery. ## [Clarity Was Always the Bottleneck](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/clarity-was-always-the-bottleneck) _2026-02-21 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ I saw a hot take recently: ## [Tokenomics: How to Stop Wasting Money on Tokens](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/tokenomics-how-to-stop-wasting-money) _2026-02-18 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ If you’re building anything serious with agentic continuous delivery, you’re going to encounter a hard truth quickly: tokens are your currency, and most developers spend them carelessly. ## [ACD Is a Diagnostic Tool](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/acd-is-a-diagnostic-tool) _2026-02-17 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Teams are adopting AI coding tools and wondering why they aren’t getting the productivity gains the vendors promised. ## [You May Have the Wrong Mental Model for CD](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/you-may-have-the-wrong-mental-model) _2026-02-12 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Continuous delivery isn't what most people think ## [Platform as a Product: Minimum Viable Principles](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/platform-as-a-product-minimum-viable) _2026-02-11 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ “Platform teams are to application teams what those teams are to their users: they provide capabilities, not tickets.” ## [Leading an Agentic Development Team](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/leading-an-agentic-development-team) _2026-02-09 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ I was convinced AI coding tools were garbage. ## [AI is a High Pass Filter for Software Delivery](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/ai-is-a-high-pass-filter-for-software) _2026-02-08 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ A high-pass filter (HPF) is a circuit or software algorithm that allows signals with frequencies above a certain cutoff to pass while reducing those below it. ## [Being a DevOps Redshirt](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/being-a-devops-redshirt) _2026-02-07 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ Many years ago, I was listening to a software engineering podcast when one of the hosts said something that really stuck with me: “The role of the senior developer is to clone themselves because they don’t scale.” I’ve always pushed knowledge outside of myself, so I would be the go-to person to call for an L3 gone wrong or be unable to leave old work behind to go do something new. ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eNCmhBY7o1gO) _2026-02-07 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Your Testers Aren’t Doing QA](https://bryanfinster.substack.com/p/your-testers-arent-doing-qa) _2026-02-06 · Bryan Finster · 5-Minute DevOps_ I’ve had many arguments with testers who DevSplain to me that developers can’t test and that we must have testers inspecting work product to ensure it’s deliverable.