LLM Field Notes
Your CLI Tree Is Already an MCP Server
If you already use urfave/cli v3 in Go, your command tree is a ready-made MCP tool…
Thoughts
Long-form essays on software engineering, AI, developer craft, and the philosophical questions that emerge when you write code for years. Where technical depth meets honest reflection.
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LLM Field Notes
The Next LLM Breakthrough Will Not Be a Bigger Model
Every LLM hits physical limits. NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Puzzle shows what serious compression…
LLM Field Notes
The Right Model for Each Task, Not the Biggest Model for Every Task
Kimi K3 is a frontier push, but 2.8T total parameters is not the same as 2.8T active…
LLM Field Notes
The Harness Gap
Two years ago open-weight models were strong but the harness around them was the…
LLM Field Notes
Prompt Engineering Didn't Die. It Built a Skeleton.
Prompt engineering didn't die -- it evolved. The clever prompt is gone, replaced by…
We're Forgetting How to Sharpen Our Tools
We finished a month-long project in three days. That should feel like a win. It does — and…
Expertise Alienation
The more you know, the fewer people can keep up. Expertise creates a kind of isolation —…
Creating the Best Project Obsessed with Perfection
The obsession with the perfect architecture is itself the obstacle. Every experienced…
What is programming for a programmer?
We call C#, Java, and Python languages — and that word choice is not accidental. Language…