# developer relations (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 14 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover developer relations. Page: Feed: --- ## [Designing a Reasoning Ledger Record](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/designing-a-reasoning-ledger-record/) _2026-08-22 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ A companion to Part 4 of the Building the AI Memory Stack series. Part 4.5 of the series. Part 4 argued that agentic systems need a Reasoning Ledger: a layer that preserves why a decision happened, not just what was decided. The comment thread that followed turned into something more specific and more useful, a … Continue reading "Designing a Reasoning Ledger Record" The post Designing a Reasoning… ## [Your Memory API Is Lying to Your Agent](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/memory-api-lossy-boundary-agent-retrieval/) _2026-08-20 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ The memory store may know the truth. The interface may be throwing it away. This piece grew out of a conversation on Edward Izgorodin’s post Agent Memory: Everything It Remembers Has the Same Authority, and That Is the Bug. Several of the sharpest points below have names attached, and I have tried to attach them. … Continue reading "Your Memory API Is Lying to Your Agent" The post Your Memory API… ## [The Reasoning Ledger: Remembering Decisions, Not Just Data](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/architecture/reasoning-ledger/) _2026-08-20 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ Part 4 of the Building the AI Memory Stack series After finishing the previous article, I looked at the repository a little differently. The specifications were still there. The Architecture Decision Records were still there. The glossary entries were still there. The project’s durable memory had done exactly what it was supposed to do: preserve … Continue reading "The Reasoning Ledger:… ## [You Don’t Need a Ministry of Truth to Build a Memory Hole](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/architecture/ai-memory-holes-provenance-monoculture/) _2026-08-19 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ What happens when a thousand independent sources turn out to have one parent? A while back I went looking for a specific piece of television. A 2012 late-night interview with a sitting president, forty-five minutes long, broadcast on a major network to several million people. Finding out about it was trivial. An episode database has … Continue reading "You Don’t Need a Ministry of Truth to Build a… ## [The Kitchen Doesn’t Care About Your Excuses](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/career/what-commercial-kitchens-teach-us-about-performing-under-pressure/) _2026-08-17 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ There is a moment in every high-stakes environment when something goes completely, objectively wrong, and the only viable response is to keep working. In my case, it was a pantry clerk who walked into the dry storage room carrying a stack of boxes, clipped a fire sprinkler head, and discharged what I can only describe … Continue reading "The Kitchen Doesn’t Care About Your Excuses" The post The… ## [the task isn't the job](https://sunilpai.dev/posts/the-task-isnt-the-job/) _2026-08-14 · Solving the decision problem_ a new role, and some questions I want to build my way through ## [Durable Memory: Why Vector Databases Aren’t Enough](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/architecture/durable-memory/) _2026-08-13 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ Part 3 of the Building the AI Memory Stack series After finishing Part 2, I noticed something. The browser tabs I had open while writing it were gone. The temporary notes were gone. The diagrams existed only while I was drafting. The article remained. That is the question underneath this entire post. Why did one Continue reading "Durable Memory: Why Vector Databases Aren t Enough" The post Durable… ## [The Build-Optimizer](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai/build-optimizer-yield-calculator-sovereign-maker/) _2026-08-13 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ (Orchestration and the Yield Calculator) We have scanned the geometry of the oak. We have etched the Digital Passports into the fiber. Our JSON-LD Store is now a high-fidelity map of every curve, width, and wine-stain in the workshop. But data alone does not build a chair. The final stage of the Master Woodworker series Continue reading "The Build-Optimizer" The post The Build-Optimizer appeared… ## [startups need an asymmetry](https://sunilpai.dev/posts/startups-need-an-asymmetry/) _2026-08-12 · Solving the decision problem_ A quick note on startups ## [every company needs a cassandra](https://sunilpai.dev/posts/every-company-needs-a-cassandra/) _2026-08-09 · Solving the decision problem_ an ai agent for the socially expensive work of organizational dissent ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wBPpNeON57MQ) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Material Provenance](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai/material-provenance-digital-passport-woodworking/) _2026-08-06 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ (Agentic Memory and the Digital Passport) In moving into the workshop, we re working on a Material-CV tool which performs geometric audits. We know we have 280 staves and exactly enough wide material for four side tables. But in the Salvaged Barrel Studio, we don t just sell furniture; we sell a story. To do that, every Continue reading "Material Provenance" The post Material Provenance appeared… ## [Everything I couldn't fit in a suitcase](https://www.pawlean.com/posts/everything-i-couldnt-fit-in-a-suitcase) _2026-08-05 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ I once thought freedom meant fitting my life into a suitcase. Then travelling became mundane, and I found a home I could not wait to return to. ## [How to Make Claude Code Stop Writing Output Essays](https://tessakriesel.com/how-to-make-claude-code-stop-writing-output-essays/) _2026-07-31 · Tessa Kriesel · Tessa Kriesel_ I can't stand reading long output. Telling Claude Code to be concise doesn't work. Here are four ways to actually make it stick, ranked by how well they hold. ## [The Master Woodworker](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai/master-woodworker-computer-vision-barrel-studio/) _2026-07-30 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ (Computer Vision and the Material Memory of Oak) The harvest is tucked away in the cellar, and the Willamette Valley is settling into its winter rains. In the vineyard, the work has slowed to a crawl. But in the Salvaged Barrel Studio, the tempo is just picking up. A trailer just arrived with ten neutral Continue reading "The Master Woodworker" The post The Master Woodworker appeared first on Blog… ## [Active Working Memory: The RAM of Agentic Systems](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/active-working-memory/) _2026-07-28 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ Part 2 of the Building the AI Memory Stack series When I published the first article in this series, I thought I was writing about context windows. The more I wrote, the more I found myself bouncing between documents. I had the glossary open in one browser tab. The Memory as Infrastructure article was open Continue reading "Active Working Memory: The RAM of Agentic Systems" The post Active Working… ## [How I built a digital wardrobe with Codex + ChatGPT Sites](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XuGsrKRAUc) _2026-07-27 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ A walkthrough of how Pauline built a digital wardrobe using Codex and ChatGPT Sites. ## [The Resilient Farm](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai/the-resilient-farm-zero-waste-agile-harvest/) _2026-07-23 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ (The Final Gamble and the Zero-Waste Finale) The primary harvest is over. The bins are mostly empty and the air in the cellar is thick with the smell of fermentation. In a traditional vineyard, this is where the data collection stops. But in The Agile Harvest, the final 5% of the season is where true Continue reading "The Resilient Farm" The post The Resilient Farm appeared first on Blog of Ken W.… ## [Hello Again](https://www.michaelcrump.net/posts/hello-again/) _2026-07-22 · Michael Crump_ A fresh start for michaelcrump.net and a return to writing in public. ## [The Context Window Isn’t Memory. It’s the CPU Cache of AI.](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai-engineering/architecture/context-window-is-not-memory/) _2026-07-22 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ Treating the context window as memory is one of the most expensive misconceptions in AI systems design. This piece reframes it as CPU cache and maps the full memory hierarchy that has to live beneath it. The post The Context Window Isn t Memory. It s the CPU Cache of AI. appeared first on Blog of Ken W. Alger . ## [one document, two hands](https://sunilpai.dev/posts/one-document-two-hands/) _2026-07-20 · Solving the decision problem_ the agent belongs beside you, not between you and the app ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sd3RqV11fTYX) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## […but some of us were watching](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-07-17/but-some-of-us-were-watching) _2026-07-17 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ A response to The Descent, the generated frontend history that entered my feed recently. It skipped the CMS decade, Flash, and everyone who was in wp-admin in 2008 (like I was). ## [The Supply Chain Guardian](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai/supply-chain-guardian-provenance-sovereign-vineyard/) _2026-07-16 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ (Provenance, Logistics, and the Unbroken Chain) Our last post on a Pivot Engine identified a 96 hour window to move 20 tons of Riesling into the culinary market. The decision is made and the tractors are out. But as soon as those grapes leave your gate, they usually become a nameless number on a bill Continue reading "The Supply Chain Guardian" The post The Supply Chain Guardian appeared first on… ## [I tried ChatGPT Voice as a language tutor (Tagalog & Greek)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWQJtTt3I0) _2026-07-12 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ Pauline tests ChatGPT Voice as a language tutor by practising Tagalog and Greek, two languages that are personally meaningful to her. ## [You've got soul](https://www.pawlean.com/posts/youve-got-soul) _2026-07-10 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ A reflection on my first month at a frontier AI lab, the pull to optimise everything, and remembering the ordinary moments that make us feel alive. ## [The Pivot Engine](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/ai/the-pivot-engine-agile-harvest-ai/) _2026-07-09 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ (Connecting the Local Twin to the Global Market) In our last post, we built the Digital Twin of the dirt. We gave our vineyard blocks a permanent identity and a way to log real-time sugar and acid levels. But a Digital Twin is just a mirror; to survive a lopsided season, you need an Engine. Continue reading "The Pivot Engine" The post The Pivot Engine appeared first on Blog of Ken W. Alger . ## [How I Grew Signups 71% in 90 Days by Running GTM Like an Engineer](https://tessakriesel.com/how-i-grew-signups-71-in-90-days-by-running-gtm-like-an-engineer/) _2026-07-08 · Tessa Kriesel · Tessa Kriesel_ I didn't run more campaigns. I built the systems that let me do the work of a team. Here's how running GTM like an engineer grew signups 71%. ## [The Agent Tool-Calling Pattern](https://www.kenwalger.com/blog/uncategorized/the-agent-tool-calling-pattern/) _2026-07-03 · admin · Blog of Ken W. Alger_ Pattern Defined Precise Definition: Agent Tool-Calling is an inference pattern where the model is provided with a set of executable function schemas (tools), allowing it to bridge the gap between text generation and structured action by outputting a valid JSON object for external execution. Problem Being Solved Natural language is inherently fuzzy, but APIs are Continue reading "The Agent… ## [llms.txt saves an agent real tokens, but it won’t read it unless you ask](https://timothyjordan.com/blog/2026/07/01/llms-txt-linking.html) _2026-07-01 · Timothy Jordan_ A controlled benchmark: a clean llms.txt discovery layer cuts an AI agent's tokens, but no in-page link (a head tag or a visible footer link) got the agent to use it on its own. One line in the prompt did. The lever is the instruction, not the markup. ## [Which agent-readiness features actually pay off](https://timothyjordan.com/blog/2026/06/25/per-feature-ablation.html) _2026-06-25 · Timothy Jordan_ We toggled each of a14y.dev's 11 agent-readiness features on and off and measured what each one is worth to an AI agent. A markdown mirror and a real meta description do most of the work, the features don't simply stack, and one of them actively makes things worse. ## [The State of Agent Readability on the Web](https://timothyjordan.com/blog/2026/06/25/state-of-agent-readability.html) _2026-06-25 · Timothy Jordan_ We scored the 50,074 most-visited websites for how well an AI agent can discover, parse, and comprehend them. The median scores 52 of 100, not one scored excellent, and roughly three in four haven't shipped the agent-readability layer that halves what an agent spends to use a site. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HZiPaoNTLe7m) _2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [My defining decade](https://www.pawlean.com/posts/defining-decade) _2026-06-24 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ A 30th birthday reflection on the decade that shaped me, from graduating and finding my way into tech to community, love, faith, and beginning again. ## [a letter from the orchestra pit](https://sunilpai.dev/posts/a-letter-from-the-orchestra-pit/) _2026-06-24 · Solving the decision problem_ the work of the musician is not the work of the machine ## [Level Guitar Patches with MeterMaid](https://reverentgeek.com/leveling-guitar-patches-with-tauri/) _2026-06-17 · ReverentGeek_ Your ears are lying to you. If you play two guitar tones back to back, and one of them is just a little bit louder, your brain will usually decide the louder one sounds better. "Oh, it sounds more full. Punchier. Clearer. More alive. Better tone!" I also see the same question asked across Facebook groups and forums for all types of digital modelers: "How do I level my patches?" And, most of the… ## [I Stopped Checking My Mentions Dashboard. Now an Agent Drafts the Replies.](https://tessakriesel.com/i-stopped-checking-my-mentions-dashboard-now-an-agent-drafts-the-replies/) _2026-06-16 · Tessa Kriesel · Tessa Kriesel_ How MentionDrop's MCP turned social listening from a dashboard I ignored into a revenue-driving to-do list my GTM agent builds every morning. ## [never waste a token](https://sunilpai.dev/posts/never-waste-a-token/) _2026-06-15 · Solving the decision problem_ durable inference: resumable streams, crash recovery, and why the LLM request shouldn't die with your process. ## [Why Developers Are Ditching AI and Talking to Humans Again](https://youtu.be/-DYZyPLovjc) _2026-06-10 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ A podcast conversation about why developers are seeking more human connection alongside AI-assisted development. ## [What job is community being hired to do?](https://www.pawlean.com/posts/what-is-community-building) _2026-06-05 · Pauline P. Narvas · The Internet of Pauline P. Narvas_ Community-building roles and jobs now span awareness, growth, activation, retention, advocacy, and expansion across GTM. ## [Who are the non-technicals?](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/who-are-the-non-technicals) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ We should stop labeling people and ourselves as “non-technical” (unless they really are Luddites). ## [What vibe coding taught me about why I build](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/what-vibe-coding-taught-me-about-why-i-build) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ I built a CLI tool in 40 minutes with Claude. It worked. People used it. But something felt off—and that discomfort revealed more about why I code than the code itself. ## [This post will be free, and I will not track you.](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/this-post-will-be-free-and-i-will-not-track-you) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ I'm back with my own blog on my own domain after some years on other people’s platform. And it feels good. ## [The 10 laws of developer experience for content management systems](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/the-10-laws-of-developer-experience-for-content-management-systems) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ These ten laws are a checklist for CMS developer experience in a world where humans and agents both need to build on top of your content system. ## [Smash your writer’s block with The Hulk Summary™](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/smash-your-writer-s-block-with-the-hulk-summary) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær, Even Westvang · Knut Melvær_ WRITING IS HARD YOU THINK TOO MUCH! THE SOLUTION THE HULK SUMMARY! ## [Once more, with feeling](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/once-more-with-feeling) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ I'm excited to announce five tips for taking your marketing copy to the next level ## [On the limits of MDX](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/on-the-limits-of-mdx) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ Should you lock your content into JSX infused Markdown? Probably not. Here are some reasons why MDX has its limits. ## [Ode to LICEcap, the simple GIF screen capture tool](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/ode-to-licecap) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ Why my go-to tool for screen capturing to animated GIFs is LICEcap. ## [Making tech survivable: What can men do?](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/making-tech-survivable-what-can-men-do) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ 23 tips for those who want to contribute to a better workplace for everyone who wants to be in tech. ## [How I put the scroll percentage in the title bar](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/how-i-put-the-scroll-percentage-in-the-title-bar) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ Add a nice hint of how far you have read a page by putting the scroll percentage in the title bar. Learn how to implement it with React and Gatsby. ## [Getting started with Webmentions in Gatsby](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/getting-started-with-webmentions-in-gatsby) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ Let's learn how to implement Webmentions friendly markup, and get them onto your website made with Gatsby. Bonus: You'll also learn how to trigger new builds on Netlify whenever a mentoin happens. ## [“Every day, somebody's born who's never seen The Flintstones” – or, why telling it once isn't enough](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/every-day-somebody-s-born-who-s-never-seen-the-flintstones) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ Most things bear repeating. ## [Config2020: Some impressions from Figma’s conference](https://knut.fyi/blog/2026-06-04/config2020-some-impressions) _2026-06-04 · Knut Melvær · Knut Melvær_ I was at Figma’s first conference. This is what I took away from it.