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End user programming & AI tool designer. 🛠️ CTO at @forethink.ai & https://phosphor.co 🦀 Rust NYC / https://RustEastCoast.com organizer 🙋🏻‍♂️he/him
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using LLMs to refactor and my new favorite prompt is becoming: "Ask me clarifying questions about any uncertainty you have about the refactoring." This is saving me so many little headaches where the LLM changed the approach in subtle ways.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Absolutely killer combination for system architecture design: - Gemini 2.5 Pro for preparing interview questions - ChatGPT Voice mode for interview - Gemini 2.5 Pro for writing a technical write-up + updated overview instructions file for ChatGPT

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

This is our first month to have two events in a long time! Check it out if you're in NYC

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Any tips on hiring AI product engs for a startup? Practical experience designing and troubleshooting tool-loops. $300k-$450k remote if they connect product thinking and AI pipeline setup, design, and devops experience. This is a hypothetical role at the moment, just looking for advice.

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

I started working on an open-source todo "UI" that syncs with a markdown file, since all my TODOs are in markdown for AI editing context. Also has a - Pomodoro timer - Customizable sound cues for break start, end, task completion, etc github.com/colelawrence...

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Made a fun little helper for React to make it possible to "click" buttons without clicking when you have a input focused. Was having some trouble with debugging some focusout issue gist.github.com/colelawrence...

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes I fall back into the habit of writing code with a keyboard, and I have to fight that habit formed from the last 10+ years For LLM coding to pay off, you gotta learn how to keep the context/session "on the rails", and getting "on the rails" is the hardest hurdle to get over

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

with AI, I seem to spend more of my time than ever designing the codebase's framework in a composable + testable way, because the payoff is huge when you know how each individual file is more complicated, but the total codebase is at a fixed complexity even with added features

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

I'm excited to be launching this new website for the next phase of @forethink.ai 🎉 I hope this page better communicates how we can amplify teams working in the browser by enriching the webpages they visit with private information from their company and peers–all with extreme care for data privacy!

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

Great little write-up of today's best toolset for local LLMs Thanks for writing, Abishek ❤️

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

I’m noticing a trend in “AI fatigue” that comes 10x with independent agents (like Devin) compared to human in the loop agents (like Windsurf/Cursor) Oddly enough, I first started noticing it with o1 pro, because the answers take a long time and are so rich with information, that I lose track

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

Really enjoyed this write up on the new Devin AI tool. It looks like today, it might be annoying to use, but LLMs for coding were annoying to use at the start, too.

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments