# Andrew Zigler

> The works and writings of Andrew Zigler — ancient historian, agentic engineer, and host of Dev Interrupted.

Andrew Zigler is a GTM Engineer at LinearB and the host of Dev Interrupted, a twice-weekly podcast and newsletter where 40k+ builders decode the transition to AI-native development and agentic orchestration.

## Articles

- [My agents would rather read a graph than a README](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/my-agents-would-rather-read-a-graph-than-a-readme): My agents have been SO busy. There's a lot of new content in the works (more on that soon), but one of the most exciting things going on is that they've started maintaining a library on their own.
- [How spec-driven development cut a six-month build to weeks](https://linearb.io/blog/linearb-illouz-affias-spec-driven-development-software-factory): How spec-driven development cut a six-month build to weeks
- [Your agents should ask the factory first](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/your-agents-should-ask-the-factory): Your agents should ask the factory first
- [AAIF standards like MCP and A2A are reshaping software engineering](https://linearb.io/blog/aaif-manik-surtani-neutral-governance-mcp-a2a): AAIF standards like MCP and A2A are reshaping software engineering
- [Newsela's CTO proves AI transformation demands stronger engineering fundamentals](https://linearb.io/blog/newsela-dee-wilcox-ai-engineering-fundamentals-cycle-time): Newsela's CTO proves AI transformation demands stronger engineering fundamentals
- [From Muse to Genius to Factory](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/from-muse-to-genius-to-factory): The oldest poem in Western literature opens with a prompt. Sing, goddess, the rage of Achilles. Before Homer tells you a single thing about Troy, he turns to an intelligence outside himself and asks i
- [AI coding agents ship code faster. Can security keep up?](https://linearb.io/blog/dohmke-plotnik-ai-coding-agents-agentic-security): AI coding agents ship code faster. Can security keep up?
- [They're building the factory as much as the product](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/theyre-building-the-factory-as-much): They're building the factory as much as the product
- [Is the modern data stack built for AI agents?](https://linearb.io/blog/tigani-motherduck-ai-agents-modern-data-stack): Is the modern data stack built for AI agents?
- [I taught my agents how to keep a promise](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/i-taught-my-agents-how-to-keep-a-promise): Right before one of my agents wipes its own memory on purpose, it writes down what it still owes. The context that wakes up in its place never saw the work and has no memory of agreeing to anything, a
- [Fixing the AI data ingestion crisis requires smarter agent permissions](https://linearb.io/blog/airbyte-michel-tricot-data-ingestion-crisis-agent-permissions): Fixing the AI data ingestion crisis requires smarter agent permissions
- [Software factories demand human oversight, metrics, and trust to scale AI coding](https://linearb.io/blog/software-factories-human-oversight-metrics-trust-ai-coding): Software factories demand human oversight, metrics, and trust to scale AI coding
- [How to keep seeing when your software factory runs in the dark](https://linearb.io/blog/software-factory-night-vision): How to keep seeing when your software factory runs in the dark
- [Why the best agentic security removes engineering friction](https://linearb.io/blog/1password-nancy-wang-agentic-security-no-long-lived-secrets): Why the best agentic security removes engineering friction
- [Your software factory needs a context layer](https://linearb.io/resources/software-factory): Your software factory needs a context layer
- [Every task my fleet completes now carries its cost](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/every-task-my-fleet-completes-now-carries-its-cost): In late July I want to experiment with some open models on a spare Mac Studio in my house (a symptom of the times, I know), to see what they could achieve alongside my foundation model usage.
- [Simplicity in model-driven agents and MCP drives real engineering gains](https://linearb.io/blog/aws-clare-liguori-model-driven-agents-mcp-simplicity): Simplicity in model-driven agents and MCP drives real engineering gains
- [Elite AI-driven engineering teams double PR output while others stall](https://linearb.io/blog/elite-engineering-teams-double-pr-output-ai-benchmarks): Elite AI-driven engineering teams double PR output while others stall
- [Everyone building a software factory wants the same proof](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/everyone-building-a-software-factory): Everyone building a software factory wants the same proof
- [Asana's agentic work management closes the AI productivity gap](https://linearb.io/blog/asana-arnab-bose-agentic-work-management-productivity-gap): Asana's agentic work management closes the AI productivity gap
- [Your software factory needs a context layer](https://linearb.io/blog/does-your-software-factory-work): Your software factory needs a context layer
- [AI agents are killing the pull request and reinventing CI/CD](https://linearb.io/blog/circleci-rob-zuber-ai-agents-pull-request-cicd-sdlc): AI agents are killing the pull request and reinventing CI/CD
- [Measure a carpenter by hammer use and everything gets smacked](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/measure-a-carpenter-by-hammer-use): Measure a carpenter by hammer use and everything gets smacked
- [Rippling's employee graph turns HR data into an agentic AI platform](https://linearb.io/blog/rippling-albert-strasheim-employee-graph-agentic-ai): Rippling's employee graph turns HR data into an agentic AI platform
- [Deterministic guardrails must evolve to control probabilistic AI systems](https://linearb.io/blog/launchdarkly-cameron-etezadi-deterministic-guardrails-probabilistic-ai-darkfactory): Deterministic guardrails must evolve to control probabilistic AI systems
- [AI adoption is table stakes, but leverage is the differentiator](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/ai-adoption-is-table-stakes-but-leverage): AI adoption is table stakes, but leverage is the differentiator
- [Slack turns channels into the context engine for agentic AI](https://linearb.io/blog/slack-jaime-delanghe-mcp-agent-context-channels): Slack turns channels into the context engine for agentic AI
- [AI ROI comes from measuring engineering outcomes on day one](https://linearb.io/blog/kraken-nik-sudan-measure-ai-roi-engineering-outcomes): AI ROI comes from measuring engineering outcomes on day one
- [If you give a Goose an MCP server](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/if-you-give-a-goose-an-mcp-server): A hands-on build: register a local model, federate your MCP servers into one endpoint, scope that endpoint down to the six tools the job needs, and watch every model and tool call land in one log, tag
- [Vibe coding is breaking software security at AI speed](https://linearb.io/blog/vibe-coding-software-security-vulnerability-tanya-janca): Vibe coding is breaking software security at AI speed
- [AI is rebuilding software delivery from SDLC to ADLC](https://linearb.io/blog/sdlc-to-adlc-agentic-software-delivery-transformation): AI is rebuilding software delivery from SDLC to ADLC
- [Whether tokenmaxxing or tokenminimizing, you’re measuring the wrong thing](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/whether-tokenmaxxing-or-tokenminimizing): Whether tokenmaxxing or tokenminimizing, you’re measuring the wrong thing
- [AMD is using agentic AI to rewrite ROCm and accelerate software delivery](https://linearb.io/blog/amd-rocm-agentic-ai-intent-to-outcome-orchestration): AMD is using agentic AI to rewrite ROCm and accelerate software delivery
- [Your AI ROI question doesn't have an answer yet. Here's how to build one.](https://linearb.io/blog/calculate-ai-roi-dora-value-chain-apex-framework): Your AI ROI question doesn't have an answer yet. Here's how to build one.
- [LinkedIn is building durable AI infrastructure for continuous adaptation](https://linearb.io/blog/linkedin-karthik-ramgopal-durable-ai-infrastructure-agent-memory): LinkedIn is building durable AI infrastructure for continuous adaptation
- [Observability makes agentic engineering reliable](https://linearb.io/blog/honeycombs-christine-yen-why-observability-makes-ai-agents-reliable): Observability makes agentic engineering reliable
- [Building on DORA: What the 2025 AI Capabilities Model tells us about measuring engineering efficiency](https://linearb.io/blog/dora-ai-capabilities-model-engineering-efficiency-apex-framework): Building on DORA: What the 2025 AI Capabilities Model tells us about measuring engineering efficiency
- [The AI SaaSpocalypse is a mirage](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/the-ai-saaspocalypse-is-a-mirage): The AI SaaSpocalypse is a mirage
- [Google is rebuilding Android development for humans and agents](https://linearb.io/blog/google-android-17-rebuilding-development-humans-agents): Google is rebuilding Android development for humans and agents
- [Harness engineering separates working data agents from AI hype](https://linearb.io/blog/bryan-bischof-theory-ventures-harness-engineering-data-agents): Harness engineering separates working data agents from AI hype
- [Inference engineering delivers production-grade AI at scale](https://linearb.io/blog/inference-engineering-baseten-philip-kiely-production-ai): Inference engineering delivers production-grade AI at scale
- [How to vibe code your own engineering productivity dashboard](https://linearb.io/blog/vibe-coding-engineering-productivity-dashboard-build-vs-buy): How to vibe code your own engineering productivity dashboard
- [Intrinsic is making software-defined robotics production-ready](https://linearb.io/blog/google-intrinsic-brian-gerkey-software-defined-robotics): Intrinsic is making software-defined robotics production-ready
- [State-of-the-art coding agents no longer require industrial-scale resources](https://linearb.io/blog/tim-dettmers-ai2-sera-model-specialization-vs-scale): State-of-the-art coding agents no longer require industrial-scale resources
- [Guardian agents keep AI workforces aligned in production](https://linearb.io/blog/tatyana-mamut-wayfound-guardian-agents-ai-supervision): Guardian agents keep AI workforces aligned in production
- [How I learned to solve the day two problem for my agents at Salesforce's TDX 2026](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-to-solve-the-day-two): How I learned to solve the day two problem for my agents at Salesforce's TDX 2026
- [Secure cloud workspaces make AI coding agents enterprise-ready](https://linearb.io/blog/matt-boyle-ona-secure-workspaces-project-veto-ai-agents): Secure cloud workspaces make AI coding agents enterprise-ready
- [A demo is just a promise](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/a-demo-is-just-a-promise): A demo is just a promise
- [The best developers I've met this year aren't developers](https://www.hackshackers.com/the-best-developers-ive-met-this-year-arent-developers/): The best developers I've met this year aren't developers
- [AI turns software supply chain security into a continuous engineering discipline](https://linearb.io/blog/dan-lorenc-chainguard-ai-supply-chain-security-guide-rails): AI turns software supply chain security into a continuous engineering discipline
- [How Meta built the agentic infrastructure that drives 50% of its code changes](https://linearb.io/blog/meta-ai-control-plane-james-everingham-guildai): How Meta built the agentic infrastructure that drives 50% of its code changes
- [How a 30-day roadmap pause turned 700 engineers into an AI delivery engine](https://linearb.io/blog/monday-com-30-day-ai-sprint-framework-sergei-liakhovetsky): How a 30-day roadmap pause turned 700 engineers into an AI delivery engine
- [Breaking the keyboard bottleneck: why voice is the future of AI development](https://linearb.io/blog/wispr-sahaj-garg-keyboard-bottleneck-voice-ai): Breaking the keyboard bottleneck: why voice is the future of AI development
- [Ralph loops make agentic coding reliable with ruthless context resets](https://linearb.io/blog/dex-horthy-humanlayer-rpi-methodology-ralph-loop): Ralph loops make agentic coding reliable with ruthless context resets
- [Slack is transforming work by integrating AI agents into everyday conversations](https://linearb.io/blog/slack-agentic-work-operating-system-kurtis-kemple): Slack is transforming work by integrating AI agents into everyday conversations
- [Mise en place for agentic coding](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/mise-en-place-for-agentic-coding): Mise en place for agentic coding
- [Why OpenAI Codex builds the agent first, not the product](https://linearb.io/blog/openai-codex-thibault-sottiaux-agentic-autonomy): Why OpenAI Codex builds the agent first, not the product
- [How Spotify turned internal chaos into an industry standard](https://linearb.io/blog/how-spotify-turned-internal-chaos-into-an-industry-standard): How Spotify turned internal chaos into an industry standard
- [Mastering Ralph loops transforms software engineering with LLM automation](https://linearb.io/blog/ralph-loop-agentic-engineering-geoffrey-huntley): Mastering Ralph loops transforms software engineering with LLM automation
- [Why AI elevates engineering leadership instead of replacing it](https://linearb.io/blog/why-ai-elevates-engineering-leadership-instead-of-replacing-it): Why AI elevates engineering leadership instead of replacing it
- [The end of pre-compute: why the future of AI is on-demand](https://linearb.io/blog/end-of-pre-compute-ai-real-time-data-workflows): The end of pre-compute: why the future of AI is on-demand
- [Speed as a moat: building the open innovation engine at AMD](https://linearb.io/blog/amd-ai-speed-moat-open-innovation): Speed as a moat: building the open innovation engine at AMD
- [I built an agent that survived 97,000+ synthetic documents](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/i-built-an-agent-that-survived-97000): I built an agent that survived 97,000+ synthetic documents
- [Is the future of AI development spec-driven?](https://linearb.io/blog/future-of-ai-development-spec-driven-aws-kiro): Is the future of AI development spec-driven?
- [The new engineering leader: navigating AI as a core business metric](https://linearb.io/blog/cto-cfo-ai-core-business-metric): The new engineering leader: navigating AI as a core business metric
- [What we learned running the industry’s first AI code review benchmark](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/what-we-learned-running-the-industrys): What we learned running the industry’s first AI code review benchmark
- [What is the best AI code review tool?](https://linearb.io/blog/best-ai-code-review-tool-benchmark-linearb): What is the best AI code review tool?
- [Vector databases: the essential foundation for reliable AI applications](https://linearb.io/blog/vector-databases-essential-foundation-reliable-ai): Vector databases: the essential foundation for reliable AI applications
- [Enterprise vibe coding: how Salesforce balances speed with governance](https://linearb.io/blog/enterprise-vibe-coding-salesforce-governance): Enterprise vibe coding: how Salesforce balances speed with governance
- [How Cloudflare adopted MCP and made it enterprise-ready](https://linearb.io/blog/cloudflare-mcp-enterprise-ready-dogfooding): How Cloudflare adopted MCP and made it enterprise-ready
- [A quiz game for humans, but homework for agents](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/a-quiz-game-for-humans-but-homework): A quiz game for humans, but homework for agents
- [The creator of the iPhone keyboard on building transcendent AI](https://linearb.io/blog/iphone-keyboard-creator-transcendent-ai): The creator of the iPhone keyboard on building transcendent AI
- [Specialized intelligence in AI applications: bridging research with real-world impact](https://linearb.io/blog/specialized-intelligence-ai-applied-research): Specialized intelligence in AI applications: bridging research with real-world impact
- [Dialing up determinism: building production-grade AI](https://linearb.io/blog/ai-demo-is-a-lie): Dialing up determinism: building production-grade AI
- [The terminal of tomorrow: how AI is transforming the developer experience](https://linearb.io/blog/future-of-the-terminal-ai-developer-experience): The terminal of tomorrow: how AI is transforming the developer experience
- [Treating MCP servers like bombs](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/treating-mcp-servers-like-bombs): Treating MCP servers like bombs
- [Applied machine learning at Shopify: building tools that create real value](https://linearb.io/blog/applied-machine-learning-shopify-ai-value): Applied machine learning at Shopify: building tools that create real value
- [AI-accelerated development: how GitHub is shaping the future of software engineering](https://linearb.io/blog/github-ai-accelerated-development): AI-accelerated development: how GitHub is shaping the future of software engineering
- [The Moneyball approach to engineering leadership](https://linearb.io/blog/moneyball-approach-engineering-leadership): The Moneyball approach to engineering leadership
- [The convergence of GraphQL and AI: building the future of agent experience](https://linearb.io/blog/graphql-ai-agent-experience): The convergence of GraphQL and AI: building the future of agent experience
- [AI Measurement Framework: AI Performance, Adoption & ROI Guide](https://linearb.io/blog/ai-measurement-framework): AI Measurement Framework: AI Performance, Adoption & ROI Guide
- [Sycophancy in AI: The dangers of people-pleasing artificial intelligence](https://linearb.io/blog/sycophancy-in-ai-dangers-people-pleasing-artificial-intelligence): Sycophancy in AI: The dangers of people-pleasing artificial intelligence
- [Untitled Goose Retrospective](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/untitled-goose-retrospective): Untitled Goose Retrospective
- [AI-driven software development: Navigating the shift from speed to velocity](https://linearb.io/blog/ai-driven-software-development-shift-speed-to-velocity): AI-driven software development: Navigating the shift from speed to velocity
- [Engineering mental models for happier, more productive teams](https://linearb.io/blog/engineering-mental-models-happier-productive-teams): Engineering mental models for happier, more productive teams
- [Data quality is the foundation for AI-driven software development](https://linearb.io/blog/data-quality-foundation-ai-software-development): Data quality is the foundation for AI-driven software development
- [Your next user isn’t human: AI agents are changing software design](https://linearb.io/blog/ai-agents-changing-software-design-mcp-agent-experience): Your next user isn’t human: AI agents are changing software design
- [How Google DeepMind is transforming engineering with AI](https://linearb.io/blog/google-deepmind-ai-transforming-engineering): How Google DeepMind is transforming engineering with AI
- [How Amazon's AI playbook is democratizing video ads](https://linearb.io/blog/how-amazon-s-ai-playbook-is-democratizing-video-ads): How Amazon's AI playbook is democratizing video ads
- [Faster coding isn't enough](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/faster-coding-isnt-enough): Faster coding isn't enough
- [Is GitHub Copilot worth it? ROI & productivity data](https://linearb.io/blog/is-github-copilot-worth-it): Is GitHub Copilot worth it? ROI & productivity data
- [The Rise of Product Engineers in the AI-Driven Era](https://linearb.io/blog/the-rise-of-product-engineers-in-the-ai-driven-era): The Rise of Product Engineers in the AI-Driven Era
- [Cyclomatic Complexity explained: How it measures (and misleads) code quality](https://linearb.io/blog/cyclomatic-complexity): Cyclomatic Complexity explained: How it measures (and misleads) code quality
- [What is AI Code Review, How It Works, and How to Get Started](https://linearb.io/blog/ai-code-review): What is AI Code Review, How It Works, and How to Get Started
- [How to Automatically Scale PR Review Policies to Reduce Risk](https://linearb.io/blog/pr-policy-setting): How to Automatically Scale PR Review Policies to Reduce Risk
- [How to Align Code and Project Management with Automations](https://linearb.io/blog/pr-enrichment): How to Align Code and Project Management with Automations
- [How to Use Automatic PR Labels to Improve Review Context](https://linearb.io/blog/pr-labeling): How to Use Automatic PR Labels to Improve Review Context
- [How to Use PR Notifications To Optimize Code Review Efficiency](https://linearb.io/blog/pr-notifications): How to Use PR Notifications To Optimize Code Review Efficiency
- [Automatically Manage Code Reviews to Increase Productivity](https://linearb.io/blog/find-code-experts): Automatically Manage Code Reviews to Increase Productivity
- [AI makes test-driven development practical for legacy codebases](https://linearb.io/blog/ai-test-driven-development-legacy-codebases-deterministic-testing): AI makes test-driven development practical for legacy codebases
- [How to be your AI's boss (based on AWS, Google, IBM, and other giants)](https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/how-to-be-your-ais-boss-based-on): How to be your AI's boss (based on AWS, Google, IBM, and other giants)
- [The Best Software Engineering Podcasts (2025 Edition)](https://linearb.io/blog/best-software-podcasts): The Best Software Engineering Podcasts (2025 Edition)
- [Why Google and Microsoft Think Your Team’s Best Work Might Happen After Dinner](https://linearb.io/blog/why-google-and-microsoft-think-your-team-s-best-work-might-happen-after-dinner): Why Google and Microsoft Think Your Team’s Best Work Might Happen After Dinner
- [Hacktoberfest 2024: Contribute, connect & collect digital rewards!](https://mattermost.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2024/): Hacktoberfest 2024: Contribute, connect & collect digital rewards!
- [Enhancing mission-critical enterprise collaboration with multi-LLM support for Mattermost Copilot](https://mattermost.com/blog/mattermost-copilot-multi-llm-support/): Enhancing mission-critical enterprise collaboration with multi-LLM support for Mattermost Copilot
- [Join forces with Mattermost on cybersecurity](https://mattermost.com/blog/join-forces-with-mattermost-on-cybersecurity/): Join forces with Mattermost on cybersecurity
- [Mattermost AI Copilot: Accelerating the conversation with LLMs](https://mattermost.com/blog/mattermost-ai-copilot-accelerating-the-conversation-with-llms/): Mattermost AI Copilot: Accelerating the conversation with LLMs
- [5 open source projects to contribute to in 2024](https://mattermost.com/blog/5-open-source-projects-to-contribute-to-in-2024/): 5 open source projects to contribute to in 2024
- [Bringing open source tech enthusiasts together with pizza](https://mattermost.com/blog/bringing-open-source-tech-enthusiasts-together-with-pizza/): Bringing open source tech enthusiasts together with pizza
- [Hacktoberfest 2023: Incredible community contributions, digital rewards & a healthier planet](https://mattermost.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2023-incredible-community-contributions-digital-rewards-a-healthier-planet/): Hacktoberfest 2023: Incredible community contributions, digital rewards & a healthier planet
- [Hacktoberfest 2023: Celebrate open source, make an impact on the planet](https://mattermost.com/blog/mattermost-hacktoberfest-2023/): Hacktoberfest 2023: Celebrate open source, make an impact on the planet
- [Start using GPT-4 and local models with the open source OpenOps framework](https://mattermost.com/blog/open-source-ai-framework/): Start using GPT-4 and local models with the open source OpenOps framework
- [Mattermost Wants to Buy Pizza for Your Meetup Group](https://mattermost.com/blog/mattermost-wants-to-buy-pizza-for-your-meetup-group/): Mattermost Wants to Buy Pizza for Your Meetup Group
- [Community Spotlight: Mattermost ChatGPT bot by Sebastian Müller](https://mattermost.com/blog/community-spotlight-mattermost-chatgpt-bot-by-sebastian-muller/): Community Spotlight: Mattermost ChatGPT bot by Sebastian Müller
- [Mattermost Solutions for GitLab: Deep integration to ship software faster](https://mattermost.com/blog/mattermost-solutions-for-gitlab/): Mattermost Solutions for GitLab: Deep integration to ship software faster
- [The quickest way to integrate Mattermost into your GitLab release pipeline](https://mattermost.com/blog/integrate-mattermost-into-gitlab-release-pipeline/): The quickest way to integrate Mattermost into your GitLab release pipeline
- [How to Make Your Incident Response Plan with Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/blog/how-to-make-your-incident-response-plan-with-mattermost/): How to Make Your Incident Response Plan with Mattermost
- [Review: Visme puts your visuals ahead of the curve](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/review-visme-puts-your-visuals-ahead-of-the-curve): I've been updating some of the images on my website, and conforming to a new image size for all of my social media shares. This turned out to be a pretty big project, since I needed to crop or rebuild
- [JavaScript and Java Most in Demand Software Languages](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/javascript-and-java-most-in-demand-software-languages): Programming languages JavaScript and Java are the most sought-after skills for IT professionals, according to a recent report from online academy Pluralsight. The report, called the Technology Index, 
- [Untitled Goose Game Review: Avian Agent of Chaos](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/untitled-goose-game-review-avian-agent-of-chaos): People online are losing their minds over a casual simulation game where you take control of a mischievous goose. In its first two weeks, Untitled Goose Game sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. If we 
- [Relaxing with CouchDB](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/relaxing-with-couchdb): I'll admit it: databases scare me. I've always avoided databases in my projects because the idea of sorting and scheming all of my necessary data is an intimidating task. Up until now, if I needed to 
- [Using Phaser 3 with Nuxt](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/using-phaser-3-with-nuxt): If you're not familiar with Phaser, it's an open source framework for creating browser games in Canvas and WebGL. It comes with a lot of functionality out of the box, allowing a developer to easily im
- [Adding Auth0 to a Nuxt app](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/adding-auth0-to-a-nuxt-app): My latest web project required adding security and user authentication to a Nuxt app. The app is served as a static generated (pre-rendered) site on Netlify, which then "unfolds" into a full-fledged a
- [Publishing my first-ever npm packages](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/publishing-my-first-ever-npm-packages): I'm continuing to work on a few different Nuxt projects after creating this website, but I quickly hit a point where I was tempted to copy-paste code that I had already written. Knowing that, I paused
- [Enabling Google to crawl my Nuxt app for superior SEO](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/enabling-google-to-crawl-my-nuxt-app-for-superior-seo): 2021 update: in the time since this blog post was first published in 2019, I've rewritten my blog with Gatsby! That said, I'm keeping this post available for historical purposes.
- [Finding my style with Material Design](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/finding-my-style-with-material-design): 2021 update: in the time since this blog post was first published in 2019, I've rewritten my blog with Gatsby! That said, I'm keeping this post available for historical purposes.
- [Converting this website and blog into a Nuxt app](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/converting-this-website-and-blog-into-a-nuxt-app): 2021 update: in the time since this blog post was first published in 2019, I've rewritten my blog with Gatsby! That said, I'm keeping this post available for historical purposes.
- [Web Components: spoils of the browser wars](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/web-components-spoils-of-the-browser-wars): When discussed, “browser wars” typically has the connotation of our browsers fighting to get an edge on its competitors by developing or supporting new features. While the growing pains of this proces
- [Initial release of Pinwheel](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/initial-release-of-pinwheel): After about six months of work, my Pinwheel MUD engine (a variant of Ranvier) is finally in a usable, distributable state with the groundwork needed to add any variety of features. Up until now, I was
- [My 2018 in review: Udacity and beyond!](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/my-2018-in-review-udacity-and-beyond): We’re almost another revolution around the sun and a lot has changed for me this year. I won a Google scholarship, got a promotion, completed a Udacity Nanodegree, lost some weight, and worked on lots
- [Carthaginian Empire in Spain: the Barcid Chessboard](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/carthaginian-empire-in-spain-the-barcid-chessboard): This article will analyze the tragic Barca family and the accomplishments, flaws, defeats, and aspirations of this powerful Carthaginian clan. After Carthage was defeated by the Romans in the First Pu
- [What small towns and niche internet communities have in common](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/what-small-towns-and-niche-internet-communities-have-in-common): In the last month, I’ve made continued progress on Pinwheel, my MUD game engine. In fact, there are only a few remaining elements of the core source code remaining before I feel ready to start buildin
- [MUD Cookbook: design meets implementation](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/mud-cookbook-design-meets-implementation): Lately, I’ve had a laser focus that’s consumed me in my latest project, Pinwheel: a fork of Ranvier, a MUD engine in JavaScript. This fork started as a question: can I add a web server to a MUD engine
- [Like minds that like MUDs](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/like-minds-that-like-muds): In a recent post, I made the case for MUDs in modern times which explored the niche that MUDs occupy on the internet. As a longtime player of MUDs, some of my early coding experience was with download
- [I finished my Udacity Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/i-finished-my-udacity-mobile-web-specialist-nanodegree): I’ve just finished my Mobile Web Specialist course after completing my final project. I covered a lot of ground between the first project and the third one, including transforming a website into a per
- [The case for MUDs in modern times](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/the-case-for-muds-in-modern-times): In the age of smart devices and instant entertainment, can a medium as old as MUDs survive? Driven entirely by text, these Multi-User Dimensions ― or Dungeons, or Domains, or so many other options tha
- [Exciting promotion and Nanodegree progress](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/exciting-promotion-and-nanodegree-progress): Great news! I recently received a promotion at my job. I am now the Director of Business Development at a leading educational services company. We primarily help students study for the LSAT and law sc
- [Grow with Google: Nanodegree Winner](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/grow-with-google-nanodegree-winner): As described in Part 3, I was waiting to hear if I would be continuing my journey in the Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship for 2018. In the last few months, I’ve been diving into topics like serv
- [Sculpting Generative Text with Tracery](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/sculpting-generative-text-with-tracery): As humans, we take our ownership of words very seriously. We see words as a way for a human to express their thoughts and feelings, and while all words have concrete meanings, there are connotations a
- [TIC-80 in JavaScript](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/tic-80-in-javascript): I set out to participate in this quarter’s FC_JAM a few weeks ago. I scoped out the various fantasy consoles available, trying to find something lightweight and fun to use. Most fantasy consoles are w
- [Grow with Google: ES6](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/grow-with-google-es6): Picking up where I left off in Part 2, I’m continuing my journey in the Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship for 2018. Last time I learned all about IndexedDB, but this part of the course taught me 
- [Grow with Google: IndexedDB](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/grow-with-google-indexeddb): Picking up where I left off in Part 1, I’m continuing my journey in the Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship for 2018. Last time I learned how to use a service worker to cache simple data in the exa
- [Grow with Google: Service Workers](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/grow-with-google-service-workers): Good news! I’ve recently been accepted to the Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship for 2018!
- [Review: Eloquent JavaScript](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/review-eloquent-javascript): I’m always looking to expand my knowledge of programming, especially JavaScript. In recent years, JavaScript has become my favorite and most productive language. I’ve pieced together my understanding 
- [Building a Hexo theme: postmortem](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/building-a-hexo-theme-postmortem): 2021 update: in the time since this blog post was first published in 2017, I've rewritten my blog twice! Once in Vuex and then again in Gatsby. That said, I'm keeping this post available for historica
- [How late capitalism stole Animal Crossing from us](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/how-late-capitalism-stole-animal-crossing-from-us): Animal Crossing has always been an important part of my life. It was magical and transportive at a time when things were dull and isolating. Like many American kids growing up in a small town, I adore
- [The man behind the markup: a self introduction](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/the-man-behind-the-markup-a-self-introduction): Hi reader, and welcome to my blog! My name is Andrew Zigler and I incubate strange technology that most would push away. Under the cloak of moonlight, I nourish them until they become big digital mons

## Projects

- [Depths (Ludum Dare 57)](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/crossed-wires-ludum-dare-59): A small-town switchboard operator's shift. Every call is tangled. You sort.
- [Genuary 2026](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/genuary-2026): Genuary is an annual, month-long creative coding challenge where artists create generative art daily based on specific prompts. It's a celebration of algorithmic art, creative coding, and the vibrant 
- [Building future AI news experiences with The Atlantic and Infactory](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/infactory-the-atlantic-hackathon): I placed 1st in the Infactory x The Atlantic AI hackathon (Building future AI news experiences with The Atlantic and Infactory) by creating a virtual classroom platform that empowers teachers, challen
- [AdventJS 2025](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/adventjs-2025): A complete set of solutions for all 25 challenges in AdventJS 2025. Each challenge solved in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python with comprehensive test suites and solution logs. Built a custom harness
- [Advent of Code 2025](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/advent-of-code-2025): Solutions for all 12 days of Advent of Code 2025. Each day includes TypeScript solutions with comprehensive test suites, edge case analysis, and detailed solution logs documenting the problem-solving 
- [Depths (Ludum Dare 57)](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/depths-ludum-dare-57): A game about navigating deep folder structures under time pressure. Players take on the role of an office worker who must find a specific file in a chaotic company server within a strict time limit. C
- [Club Work Out No Jogging](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/club-work-out-no-jogging-sims-4-mod): This Sims 4 mod fixed unintended behavior wherein Sims would go jogging while attending fitness-oriented club hangouts. This caused them to scatter all over the map and spend no time socializing with 
- [More Club Members](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/more-club-members-sims-4-mod): This Sims 4 mod expanded the limit on club members in the game. By default, club members were arbitrarily capped at 8, but this mod lifted that cap to 20 or 50, depending on user preference. It also i

## Presentations

- [Same job, smarter system: Rebuild your legacy workflows as an agent](https://web.archive.org/web/20260930211625/https://zapier.com/zapconnect/speakers): Same job, smarter system: Rebuild your legacy workflows as an agent
- [Ms. Frizzle would be a great SRE](https://leaddev.com/technical-direction/ms-frizzle-would-be-a-great-sre): Ms. Frizzle would be a great SRE
- [Trust the Agent – Verify the Code](https://checkmarx.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Early-Access-Trust-the-Agent.-Verify-the-Code.pdf-.pdf): Trust the Agent – Verify the Code
- [5 Lessons from the Classroom for Evaluating Agents](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J40RnULXZ2JRBeQtZkMlD5DuiJvv0oGqobDinVioJHk/edit?tab=t.9dfralnupexr): 5 Lessons from the Classroom for Evaluating Agents
- [Ready Player 2: designing and securing multi-user AI environments](https://2024.allthingsopen.org/sessions/2-for-1-critical-conversation-consuming-open-source-software-securely-ready-player-2-designing-and-securing-multi-user-ai-environments): Ready Player 2: designing and securing multi-user AI environments
- [Navigating the Security Complexities of Multi-User AI Environments](https://planetcybersec.com/061224-conference/): Navigating the Security Complexities of Multi-User AI Environments
- [Securing the Future: Navigating the Complexities of Multi-User AI Environments](https://bsides.barcelona/): Securing the Future: Navigating the Complexities of Multi-User AI Environments
- [ChatOps + AI = The Future of Work](https://cyberwisecon.eu/cyberwisecon-europe-2024/): ChatOps + AI = The Future of Work
- [How to be a No-Code AI Power User](https://www.techstrongevents.com/the-artificially-intelligent-enterprise/home): How to be a No-Code AI Power User
- [ChatOps + AI = helping humans do their job better](https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-raleigh/program/andrew-zigler-workshop/): ChatOps + AI = helping humans do their job better
- [Panel Discussion on Agile / DevOps](https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-san-francisco-bay-area-presents-unleash-agile-amp-devops-in-san-francisco/): Panel Discussion on Agile / DevOps
- [Building AI bots on your private data with an open source stack](https://aidevworld.com/): Building AI bots on your private data with an open source stack
- [Anatomy of a Mattermonster: How I Created an Open Source Developer Demo](https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-amsterdam/program/ws-andrew-zigler): Anatomy of a Mattermonster: How I Created an Open Source Developer Demo
- [How to Build a Custom Collaboration Stack with Open Source Software](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/workshop-how-build-custom-collaboration-stack-open-source-software): How to Build a Custom Collaboration Stack with Open Source Software
- [Avoiding Catastrophic Outages](https://sched.co/1HwgI): Avoiding Catastrophic Outages
- [Open Source All The Things](https://2022.allthingsopen.org/sessions/open-source-all-the-things/): Open Source All The Things
- [How to start a paid community writing program](https://2022.allthingsopen.org/events/community-leadership-summit/): How to start a paid community writing program
- [Open Source Your Software Development Lifecycle](https://collisionconf.com/): Open Source Your Software Development Lifecycle

## Podcasts

- [Building the software factory from the spec up | LinearB's Ariel Illouz & Ofer Affias](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ri9GtdVsUB5HNbsAgQbYs): Building the software factory from the spec up | LinearB's Ariel Illouz & Ofer Affias
- [A neutral home for MCP, A2A, goose, and more | AAIF co-founder Manik Surtani](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JBI5Z1gYlOzanXZovhxKV): A neutral home for MCP, A2A, goose, and more | AAIF co-founder Manik Surtani
- [Why AI made code review the new bottleneck, and the metric that spotted it | Newsela's Dee Wilcox](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MuC7THW64sHnYX1I8dNEY): Why AI made code review the new bottleneck, and the metric that spotted it | Newsela's Dee Wilcox
- [Securing tomorrow’s git forge, so we can reimagine everything else | Entire's Thomas Dohmke & Apiiro's Idan Plotnik](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3zqq9UPXUx4P3HhNVkcsqY): Securing tomorrow’s git forge, so we can reimagine everything else | Entire's Thomas Dohmke & Apiiro's Idan Plotnik
- [Treat your data pipelines like code, because your agents already do | MotherDuck's Jordan Tigani](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vRSwZtRUvr7BCz3yR7O9F): Treat your data pipelines like code, because your agents already do | MotherDuck's Jordan Tigani
- [The factory gets darker, Meta migrates to Slack, and throwing 10,000 PhDs at math problems](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HIt86zwgNRP1amnL2TuWQ): The factory gets darker, Meta migrates to Slack, and throwing 10,000 PhDs at math problems
- [Your agents are starving! Airbyte’s Michel Tricot on the data ingestion crisis](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0b8v9Vpz9Dsqfr9KoJip7J): Your agents are starving! Airbyte’s Michel Tricot on the data ingestion crisis
- [NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face, OpenClaw 2.0 goes multiplayer, and the Linux kernel fights back against AI scrapers](https://open.spotify.com/episode/06hRhphaxXWGOzVuNhT6pb): NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face, OpenClaw 2.0 goes multiplayer, and the Linux kernel fights back against AI scrapers
- [Why software factories fail without humans | HumanLayer, Warp & LinearB](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1osCNS7iUV54vx23PIABez): Why software factories fail without humans | HumanLayer, Warp & LinearB
- [Build fences not sandboxes, earn the currency of trust, and share the cognitive burden of agents across engineers](https://open.spotify.com/episode/59XSHkjc1pXgryti3KVfuH): Build fences not sandboxes, earn the currency of trust, and share the cognitive burden of agents across engineers
- [Can agents keep a secret? We asked 1Password’s CTO Nancy Wang](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vmIIzu1ewXmkdzXdXHUrT): Can agents keep a secret? We asked 1Password’s CTO Nancy Wang
- [The battle to replace Github, building assembly lines for software, and why no one finishes projects anymore](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LmtEw0ERYi2ot0ghJpcxm): The battle to replace Github, building assembly lines for software, and why no one finishes projects anymore
- [Agent, skill, or MCP? Which to use and when to use them | AWS’ Clare Liguori](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rb2ukqHjcYAfJOS7YJTEr): Agent, skill, or MCP? Which to use and when to use them | AWS’ Clare Liguori
- [Telling your agent “no” is a moat now, rearward deployed engineers, and harnessing the context for your SDLC](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zTJw4b3qwD5R92IgJlO3j): Telling your agent “no” is a moat now, rearward deployed engineers, and harnessing the context for your SDLC
- [The playbook to close your team’s AI productivity gap | LinearB’s Yishai Beeri](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KY18GRyQHySEaQs2Ug8Qe): The playbook to close your team’s AI productivity gap | LinearB’s Yishai Beeri
- [Model welfare, building a civilization for agents, and the CI/CD landrush](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jHRo2UN93H1nr026cVWeZ): Model welfare, building a civilization for agents, and the CI/CD landrush
- [Why AI gains are unevenly distributed in your engineering team | Asana’s Arnab Bose](https://open.spotify.com/episode/16I9PzLxtpevtx9kFqahd9): Why AI gains are unevenly distributed in your engineering team | Asana’s Arnab Bose
- [The rise of software factories, the fall of first drafts, and the hidden tax holding back your agents](https://open.spotify.com/episode/652SJyu4ApK7zIyVTmOc5x): The rise of software factories, the fall of first drafts, and the hidden tax holding back your agents
- [Why the traditional pull request has a target on its back | CircleCI’s Rob Zuber](https://open.spotify.com/episode/63M6LP6i16nYgxpmNALFZx): Why the traditional pull request has a target on its back | CircleCI’s Rob Zuber
- [Models escaping containment, intelligence becoming a commodity, and AI code review to the rescue](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qvTt5PiHs7McIVUg3svu6): Models escaping containment, intelligence becoming a commodity, and AI code review to the rescue
- [The most underrated dataset in enterprise AI is your org chart | Rippling's Albert Strasheim](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wJQYH8KpqJLAltr2soGgu): The most underrated dataset in enterprise AI is your org chart | Rippling's Albert Strasheim
- [Rebuilding CLIs for agents, it’s time to get MCP-certified, and why human code review will never catch up](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SGOyF6aQHOIMgIZyfkwwS): Rebuilding CLIs for agents, it’s time to get MCP-certified, and why human code review will never catch up
- [How to see in the dark factory | LaunchDarkly's Cameron Etezadi](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QUJ3p49CbB5SWxBeh7ieK): How to see in the dark factory | LaunchDarkly's Cameron Etezadi
- [How to cultivate expertise with local models, delegating to subagents, and we all really stopped reading, huh?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6oxg9af9NWxccJCebmovjr): How to cultivate expertise with local models, delegating to subagents, and we all really stopped reading, huh?
- [Agents moved where the work happens (and using MCP to find it again) | Slack’s Jaime DeLanghe](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Bkb01YYDFt61jvHCcwdLL): Agents moved where the work happens (and using MCP to find it again) | Slack’s Jaime DeLanghe
- [Empathetic leadership for tech overlords, a good backlog completes itself, and who’s agent is this, anyways?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jTvszcEWtMvNGFuJNUEK8): Empathetic leadership for tech overlords, a good backlog completes itself, and who’s agent is this, anyways?
- [How LinearB helps Kraken find hidden bottlenecks across thousands of engineers | Nik Sudan](https://open.spotify.com/episode/45SRcYOtXOU6mF3xztKQm3): How LinearB helps Kraken find hidden bottlenecks across thousands of engineers | Nik Sudan
- [The discernment horizon, loop-driven development, and a wizard’s very defensible pond](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0l0ln91tALrpNawrHOVXMo): The discernment horizon, loop-driven development, and a wizard’s very defensible pond
- [Your developers are the attack surface now and vibe coding as a vulnerability | Tanya Janca](https://open.spotify.com/episode/74vI9htw055Qm0LWk4mxVO): Your developers are the attack surface now and vibe coding as a vulnerability | Tanya Janca
- [Microsoft’s wandering eyes, data labeling duties for senior devs at Meta, and prod is the new source code](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RKGs0v6LJkDJLjYVRv43C): Microsoft’s wandering eyes, data labeling duties for senior devs at Meta, and prod is the new source code
- [Your SDLC needs a productivity context engine](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7l9sShaYTdYp0ypRGlHbBx): Your SDLC needs a productivity context engine
- [How to harness your dragon with Fable, tech leaders turn to model routing, and coping with AI rockstars](https://open.spotify.com/episode/16LJN1DBQuMtYBMoaJxfOF): How to harness your dragon with Fable, tech leaders turn to model routing, and coping with AI rockstars
- [All software is an optimization of tokens and time (and speed is still the moat) | AMD’s Anush Elangovan](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iYiigReYjlUGT7MNsg1j0): All software is an optimization of tokens and time (and speed is still the moat) | AMD’s Anush Elangovan
- [Microsoft breaks free from OpenAI, using your harness to add drag instead of velocity, and the Linux built-ins you're sleeping on](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1uM035chWOck78DUzGOJgY): Microsoft breaks free from OpenAI, using your harness to add drag instead of velocity, and the Linux built-ins you're sleeping on
- [How to turn your 1000x engineer into a 10x everyone | LinkedIn’s Karthik Ramgopal](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1YkrKjOxQhbuwE0TIwcRnb): How to turn your 1000x engineer into a 10x everyone | LinkedIn’s Karthik Ramgopal
- [The cost of intelligence will never be this cheap again, the failure of intensive specs, and how bots disguise inefficient workflows](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QJiUS0jU7o9LBQ2ddkifU): The cost of intelligence will never be this cheap again, the failure of intensive specs, and how bots disguise inefficient workflows
- [Observability is your profit center now | Honeycomb’s Christine Yen](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HOderHo3rowL2IfZfZ84b): Observability is your profit center now | Honeycomb’s Christine Yen
- [What Google didn’t announce at I/O, defining “dark flow” and ignoring your first brain to build your second one](https://open.spotify.com/episode/43LacLD8xiF5JZM0B1TF4k): What Google didn’t announce at I/O, defining “dark flow” and ignoring your first brain to build your second one
- [Android is the frontier for agents and other lessons from Google I/O | Matthew McCullough](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4m2rv0cq7MLnyYcwy8ij3r): Android is the frontier for agents and other lessons from Google I/O | Matthew McCullough
- [Agents get their own AOL, Andrew gets published, and vibe coding is actually good?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GPU5gcgdI2lMzNdyRJeTU): Agents get their own AOL, Andrew gets published, and vibe coding is actually good?
- [It’s Tuesday and your tech stack is obsolete (again). Now what? | Theory Venture’s Bryan Bischof](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5BGDDuF7T9XhdZwinP6CUo): It’s Tuesday and your tech stack is obsolete (again). Now what? | Theory Venture’s Bryan Bischof
- [Goblins in prod, the messy middle of AI adoption, and everything is a harness now](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FiC7QUPJi8vOAvisByjF1): Goblins in prod, the messy middle of AI adoption, and everything is a harness now
- [Teach the primitives or watch your competitor define them | Baseten’s Philip Kiely](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4esrHw4E8wzkVH6KKdkyxw): Teach the primitives or watch your competitor define them | Baseten’s Philip Kiely
- [Tokemnaxxing scoreboards, the vegan LLM from before 1931, and 30% of the web is now AI-generated](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iUn7uxWvpLRTfmY2zT9ps): Tokemnaxxing scoreboards, the vegan LLM from before 1931, and 30% of the web is now AI-generated
- [Giving robots a brain | Intrinsic’s Brian Gerkey](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2sUHZidFT4Vj5GkUnIXktS): Giving robots a brain | Intrinsic’s Brian Gerkey
- [The harness is the showdown, the humans are the tool calls, and have you seen my Claude Code buddy?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ISdxK4sViQCFZ0rvhN9zh): The harness is the showdown, the humans are the tool calls, and have you seen my Claude Code buddy?
- [The best model for your team? You haven’t invented it yet. | Ai2’s Tim Dettmers](https://open.spotify.com/episode/70PQs5RiA7uKa1j8LltEbe): The best model for your team? You haven’t invented it yet. | Ai2’s Tim Dettmers
- [The self-authoring wiki, beating brain fry, and Obsidian as memory is a trap](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rcUfcRrD9HzJdUCUD41cm): The self-authoring wiki, beating brain fry, and Obsidian as memory is a trap
- [The guardian in the machine | Wayfound’s Tatyana Mamut](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OdlSQZKhE31ciMkWTlEnn): The guardian in the machine | Wayfound’s Tatyana Mamut
- [Reading model benchmarks like a pro, Mythos is looming, and Claude talk caveman, save big token](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nc2DaatPkzOYFMbHqX3wi): Reading model benchmarks like a pro, Mythos is looming, and Claude talk caveman, save big token
- [Virtual pets in your terminal, ads in your pull request, & no more CSS in your browser?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AuGBTr4mTY6idz2ncBedO): Virtual pets in your terminal, ads in your pull request, & no more CSS in your browser?
- [Retrofit or reimagine? Developer environments for humans and agents | Ona’s Matt Boyle](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fgoiujsnW6QlNFzBlqSUJ): Retrofit or reimagine? Developer environments for humans and agents | Ona’s Matt Boyle
- [The T-shaped leader, Disney can’t catch a break, and will you trust Auto mode?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qtWrPqqvGEwKOhu3GAsz9): The T-shaped leader, Disney can’t catch a break, and will you trust Auto mode?
- [Sloppypasta culprits, unpacking MCP’s spotlight, and Anthropic wants your agents to work the graveyard shift](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3UCxKZbpjZmZmWuePSYxFO): Sloppypasta culprits, unpacking MCP’s spotlight, and Anthropic wants your agents to work the graveyard shift
- [Many tokens make all bugs shallow & open source’s new maintainers | Chainguard's Dan Lorenc](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RWLvZyPJ0wXnTcohXWA9g): Many tokens make all bugs shallow & open source’s new maintainers | Chainguard's Dan Lorenc
- [Inference is the new 401k matching and what we’re learning from AI-related outages](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FK3By5C0ABYUXxjfbRHp0): Inference is the new 401k matching and what we’re learning from AI-related outages
- [Your engineers need an AI control plane, not more tools | Guild.ai’s James Everingham](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1g5Rji4xPeslLjCLxBGecc): Your engineers need an AI control plane, not more tools | Guild.ai’s James Everingham
- [The agent wasteland, federated workflows, and a computer for computers](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zusVfQrcE8B5wO4e71su9): The agent wasteland, federated workflows, and a computer for computers
- [How monday.com paused its roadmap for 30 days to hit AI escape velocity](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6V12e4YrMgFVsRJj99ifpX): How monday.com paused its roadmap for 30 days to hit AI escape velocity
- [Draining the COBOL moat, cybersecurity inequalities, and Claude’s retirement home](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1raKKwywDpmCcgzfNWsNn9): Draining the COBOL moat, cybersecurity inequalities, and Claude’s retirement home
- [Your keyboard is the real bottleneck | Wispr’s Sahaj Garg](https://open.spotify.com/episode/40SY8SHPBej3EdcDLwOr2J): Your keyboard is the real bottleneck | Wispr’s Sahaj Garg
- [Outcome engineering, AI hit pieces, and the end of the backlog](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lcCmq4ElzYs0NSE2t8Cja): Outcome engineering, AI hit pieces, and the end of the backlog
- [Dex Horthy on Ralph, RPI, and escaping the "Dumb Zone"](https://open.spotify.com/episode/27WxKgyMcx6s5GpmDAFHvt): Dex Horthy on Ralph, RPI, and escaping the "Dumb Zone"
- [Breaking GitHub, AI vampires & the great Oz | Warp’s Zach Lloyd](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zQlD6afwYegzpeZlQRKM7): Breaking GitHub, AI vampires & the great Oz | Warp’s Zach Lloyd
- [Multi-agent orchestration in Slack | Saleforce's Kurtis Kemple](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2cWoQjc5UdpXaiFu6vHW60): Multi-agent orchestration in Slack | Saleforce's Kurtis Kemple
- [Moltbook, Rent-a-Human, Super Agents & Connectivity Benchmark Report | ft. Gary Lerhaupt](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VAQ6D4Ysl0myOjQAwT4L8): Moltbook, Rent-a-Human, Super Agents & Connectivity Benchmark Report | ft. Gary Lerhaupt
- [Nobody is shipping your agent’s code (yet) | Predictions from LinearB’s Ori Keren](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6uHwvGq8eCiYdftgr8A6BX): Nobody is shipping your agent’s code (yet) | Predictions from LinearB’s Ori Keren
- [OpenClaw, a constitution for AI, breaking dark flow, and open source as a moat?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/06BGiN41BGa1nfVvngZHlI): OpenClaw, a constitution for AI, breaking dark flow, and open source as a moat?
- [Scaffolding is coping not scaling, and other lessons from Codex | OpenAI’s Thibault Sottiaux](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QQz9Wo8HPkdLB3NGYM1AF): Scaffolding is coping not scaling, and other lessons from Codex | OpenAI’s Thibault Sottiaux
- [The Emerging Role of the GTM Engineer & Your On-Ramp to GenAI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbboAPY_CfQ): The Emerging Role of the GTM Engineer & Your On-Ramp to GenAI
- [Angie Jones on Ralphing 25k repos at Block, GPT-5.2 Codex, and CES weirdness](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HNjmEYZ3BxHdNK7ex1FzD): Angie Jones on Ralphing 25k repos at Block, GPT-5.2 Codex, and CES weirdness
- [Backstage’s journey from spreadsheets to global IDP standard | Spotify’s Tyson Singer](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4V6aVbxW5rtLlmguyPmyOd): Backstage’s journey from spreadsheets to global IDP standard | Spotify’s Tyson Singer
- [Ralph Wiggum goes to Gas Town and the death of the IC](https://open.spotify.com/episode/45bpbNSkbyvDKItIXiKUg0): Ralph Wiggum goes to Gas Town and the death of the IC
- [Inventing the Ralph Wiggum Loop | Creator Geoffrey Huntley](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Gzsga210K1kW0GPr4RjH9): Inventing the Ralph Wiggum Loop | Creator Geoffrey Huntley
- [How Capital One supports 14,000 technologists with one pipeline | Ameesh Paleja](https://open.spotify.com/episode/38ki7w9cZObA5KOcgfDm78): How Capital One supports 14,000 technologists with one pipeline | Ameesh Paleja
- [The one where we vibe code holiday cards | Season 5 Finale](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IhJknVDQDMEzDILAMYgAt): The one where we vibe code holiday cards | Season 5 Finale
- [Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qDrX1gBYiSf8zFbDJdB2N): Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan
- [The hidden costs of pre-computing data | Chalk's Elliot Marx](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BN85T3vtfiBJkZ3bsHXvV): The hidden costs of pre-computing data | Chalk's Elliot Marx
- [Speed is the moat | AMD’s Anush Elangovan](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mBVPJ8QubXRQ9LnujXzoH): Speed is the moat | AMD’s Anush Elangovan
- [How spec-driven development is changing the rules | AWS’ Amit Patel](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1u7PdQCjQUsnwx329SvByQ): How spec-driven development is changing the rules | AWS’ Amit Patel
- [The CTO must now think like the CFO to survive | Sancus Ventures’ Lake Dai](https://open.spotify.com/episode/646SmWyLFKkerNncJlNFHu): The CTO must now think like the CFO to survive | Sancus Ventures’ Lake Dai
- [The timelessness of vector databases | Pinecone’s Ram Sriharsha](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pvf6WmO4wnjo15vzd9yCC): The timelessness of vector databases | Pinecone’s Ram Sriharsha
- [Is Agentforce the future of enterprise vibe coding? | Salesforce’s Dan Fernandez](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Kh6JGtjOZvjydAdAVgOUt): Is Agentforce the future of enterprise vibe coding? | Salesforce’s Dan Fernandez
- [Building the internet’s next infrastructure layer | Cloudflare's Brendan Irvine-Broque](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PfzVUQltHod2jJexgJpzz): Building the internet’s next infrastructure layer | Cloudflare's Brendan Irvine-Broque
- [Making tech literacy irrelevant | Infactory’s Ken Kocienda](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Qd8Mj0pxTKKGdlv8XzUfT): Making tech literacy irrelevant | Infactory’s Ken Kocienda
- [Why enterprise AI lives or dies on applied research | Contextual AI’s Elizabeth Lingg](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Ck0LiPsDqqU2r5iGTuqZM): Why enterprise AI lives or dies on applied research | Contextual AI’s Elizabeth Lingg
- [Your AI demo is a lie (and how to make it real) | Arcade’s Alex Salazar](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3P23QBRpACWyoWk1pwqBtw): Your AI demo is a lie (and how to make it real) | Arcade’s Alex Salazar
- [The future of the terminal is not a terminal | Warp’s Zach Lloyd](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0flf7pFcxKpxRPEXJn5jqk): The future of the terminal is not a terminal | Warp’s Zach Lloyd
- [Forget vibe coding. Say hello to vibe entrepreneurship. | Shopify’s Andrew McNamara](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IjwnBawDsHeWs2dOnAzy3): Forget vibe coding. Say hello to vibe entrepreneurship. | Shopify’s Andrew McNamara
- [You can't have AI without DevOps | GitHub’s Martin Woodward](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zk11gqpvt8xdsybkQqA6q): You can't have AI without DevOps | GitHub’s Martin Woodward
- [The art of letting go as a manager | Transcend’s Minh Nguyen](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YFpNaflxEDxmBFw7KVdT5): The art of letting go as a manager | Transcend’s Minh Nguyen
- [AI agents are knocking. Is your API ready to answer? | GraphQL’s Matt DeBergalis](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MRIJT5oeeK1g57BhejdMZ): AI agents are knocking. Is your API ready to answer? | GraphQL’s Matt DeBergalis
- [The people-pleaser in the machine | Wayfound’s Dr. Tatyana Mamut](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2l5XSSibPDM4aV7uLFrUEY): The people-pleaser in the machine | Wayfound’s Dr. Tatyana Mamut
- [Is your AI strategy built for speed or stability? | Qodo’s Itamar Friedman](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7MFWotmMLNUyf9W4OjvzF9): Is your AI strategy built for speed or stability? | Qodo’s Itamar Friedman
- [You don't need more code. You need more business impact. | Thoughtworks' Chris Westerhold](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1wqEtH3yRTwjr77FkCdjGL): You don't need more code. You need more business impact. | Thoughtworks' Chris Westerhold
- [You’re not the user anymore | Layer’s Andrew Hamilton](https://open.spotify.com/episode/18K0DET53ZDqWmzTIINJAm): You’re not the user anymore | Layer’s Andrew Hamilton
- [Inside Amazon's AI video generator | Kabir Bedi](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f9dZ1WuGaHKIso303h8mJ): Inside Amazon's AI video generator | Kabir Bedi
- [Google DeepMind's AI playbook for engineering at hyperspeed | Philipp Schmid](https://open.spotify.com/episode/05iuS6FQFPPkTy4ZiDo7X1): Google DeepMind's AI playbook for engineering at hyperspeed | Philipp Schmid
- [The Odyssey of Innovation: Classics, Code, and Cognitive Load | Two Sigma's Matt Greenwood](https://open.spotify.com/episode/41kdyxAXC6FHa7o3udKYW5): The Odyssey of Innovation: Classics, Code, and Cognitive Load | Two Sigma's Matt Greenwood
- [Redefining Ambition After Burnout | Zapier’s Kelly Vaughn](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4I1LoIKMufsYHAEKEUDYZq): Redefining Ambition After Burnout | Zapier’s Kelly Vaughn
- [Foresight Over Firefighting: Being Proactive in a Reactive World | Rootly's JJ Tang](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1G0xbcPmekszqKepZfySY4): Foresight Over Firefighting: Being Proactive in a Reactive World | Rootly's JJ Tang
- [The End of Specialization? How AI Shapes Modern Dev Teams | Vercel’s Lee Robinson](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4bhBQlmtzC5jjuoDAM8jXr): The End of Specialization? How AI Shapes Modern Dev Teams | Vercel’s Lee Robinson
- [AI Gets Eyes and Ears | LiveKit’s Russ d’Sa](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bWGD3khgGJcc7TGTvtHu1): AI Gets Eyes and Ears | LiveKit’s Russ d’Sa
- [The Shift to Agent-Driven API Consumption | Speakeasy’s Sagar Batchu](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f1xpC97M2c7z8zG6dwc2F): The Shift to Agent-Driven API Consumption | Speakeasy’s Sagar Batchu
- [How Marketing Ruined Shift Left | Semgrep’s Tanya Janca](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hFg1hjNm0atovZfh90hj5): How Marketing Ruined Shift Left | Semgrep’s Tanya Janca
- [How to Build AI Workflows You Can Trust | Infactory’s Brooke Hartley Moy](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RMBjL5jURBtH58k2iN8ae): How to Build AI Workflows You Can Trust | Infactory’s Brooke Hartley Moy
- [Amazon Q and The Future of Autonomous Development | AWS' Adnan Ijaz](https://open.spotify.com/episode/00mMTapCDpP6YU35VfNNlr): Amazon Q and The Future of Autonomous Development | AWS' Adnan Ijaz
- [Ditch the Ticket Factory Mentality | Cosmic Teacups’ Thanos Diacakis](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CrQG98xuJqnP3mInxkV56): Ditch the Ticket Factory Mentality | Cosmic Teacups’ Thanos Diacakis
- [Will AI Finally Make TDD Practical? | Diffblue’s Animesh Mishra](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5BxHVpkDiNq6N7XVK3qJw7): Will AI Finally Make TDD Practical? | Diffblue’s Animesh Mishra
- [Can You Buy Your Way to DevSecOps Success? | Arcjet’s David Mytton](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4M1V0b5e2exkzeEi3Sz61j): Can You Buy Your Way to DevSecOps Success? | Arcjet’s David Mytton
- [Simplifying the AI Stack | IBM's Dr. Maryam Ashoori](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3O3DKgdJcEiRPurGJ6vAZC): Simplifying the AI Stack | IBM's Dr. Maryam Ashoori
- [Can Your AI Strategy Be Future-Proof? | Galileo’s Vikram Chatterji](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6uzeZDAC6xtFBDaQSg7a1c): Can Your AI Strategy Be Future-Proof? | Galileo’s Vikram Chatterji
- [Hunting for a Flywheel | Refactoring’s Luca Rossi](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hMUOzE3xdQbf6zCq3MHqO): Hunting for a Flywheel | Refactoring’s Luca Rossi
- [The Need for Speed | 2025 Engineering Benchmarks](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QNxhdw1lLN3MBtS5t8Mb2): The Need for Speed | 2025 Engineering Benchmarks
- [Season 4 Finale: A Fond Farewell, What’s Next, & Would You Rather?](https://open.spotify.com/episode/24mM6hQ0ywxoZj7qkKpUWQ): Season 4 Finale: A Fond Farewell, What’s Next, & Would You Rather?
- [Developer Productivity Will Decline in 2025 | Predictions from LinearB’s Ori Keren](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kSoWMui4kqiz0GzgvgctQ): Developer Productivity Will Decline in 2025 | Predictions from LinearB’s Ori Keren
- [Open Communities With Andrew Zigler](https://www.arresteddevops.com/open-communities/): Open Communities With Andrew Zigler

## Videos

- [The engineering productivity gap | How elite AI teams are pulling away from the pack](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/the-engineering-productivity-gap-how-elite-ai-teams-are-pulling-away-from-the-pack): The engineering productivity gap | How elite AI teams are pulling away from the pack
- [Life beyond tokenmaxxing](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/life-beyond-tokenmaxxing): Life beyond tokenmaxxing
- [Build vs. buy: Why DIY engineering metrics break at scale](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/build-vs-buy-why-diy-engineering-metrics-break-at-scale): Build vs. buy: Why DIY engineering metrics break at scale
- [We asked Claude to build LinearB (and here's what happened)](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/we-asked-claude-to-build-linearb-and-heres-what-happened): We asked Claude to build LinearB (and here's what happened)
- [How to Measure AI Impact: Proving ROI from Copilot, Cursor, and Claude](https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/how-to-measure-ai-impact-proving-roi-from-copilot-cursor-and-claude): How to Measure AI Impact: Proving ROI from Copilot, Cursor, and Claude
- [Your AI Gets Dumber the Longer You Chat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H00G2xUHv-0): Your AI Gets Dumber the Longer You Chat
- [Why AI Coding Feels Like Robbing Your Future Self](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwj9Ze3ST8k): Why AI Coding Feels Like Robbing Your Future Self
- [Cursor and Windsurf are Just 300 Lines of Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7ReRcNWXAo): Cursor and Windsurf are Just 300 Lines of Code
- [Why Your AI Starts Making Stuff Up: The Compaction Problem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO_PC96cN8w): Why Your AI Starts Making Stuff Up: The Compaction Problem
- [Stop Yelling at Your AI (It's Timid)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVENf_iATmw): Stop Yelling at Your AI (It's Timid)
- [Why Your AI Agent Will Murder Your Codebase If You Look Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWt3oNF5qOI): Why Your AI Agent Will Murder Your Codebase If You Look Away
- [Why a Fast Food Worker Now Out-Earns a Basic Developer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Z9n-YUuag): Why a Fast Food Worker Now Out-Earns a Basic Developer
- [Why the Inventor of the Ralph Technique Felt Sick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N027OQMipFA): Why the Inventor of the Ralph Technique Felt Sick
- [The Fin Reboot: How Intercom Bet the Farm on AI Agents with Darragh Curran](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fyVrQnLU4): The Fin Reboot: How Intercom Bet the Farm on AI Agents with Darragh Curran
- [Vibe coding session within Slack with Kurtis Kemple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVq6F84JHQ): Vibe coding session within Slack with Kurtis Kemple
- [Ralphing 25k repos at Block with Angie Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URTbZe7oEoM): Ralphing 25k repos at Block with Angie Jones
- [The "100 Interns" Capacity Problem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZ9GIXuybs): The "100 Interns" Capacity Problem
- [Don't Start with the Model](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFna_Yo7ZHo): Don't Start with the Model
- [Optimism About AI Creating Jobs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdnAUj9-G0): Optimism About AI Creating Jobs
- [Live Coding Session: Digging Into Contributors' Garden](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfOnzcomkwY): Live Coding Session: Digging Into Contributors' Garden
- [Incrementalism How to Build a Great Company](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEANOkBaEUQ): Incrementalism How to Build a Great Company
- [Hiring Philosophy Math Fundamentals Prompt Engineering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZCZMUB6vPI): Hiring Philosophy Math Fundamentals Prompt Engineering
- [Building Legacy Through Open Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FUvfp-3iiA): Building Legacy Through Open Source
- [Experimenting with AI Tools](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3EDgdQrszY): Experimenting with AI Tools
- [AI Insights Dashboard Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXyn-H9dxxg): AI Insights Dashboard Demo
- [LinearB MCP Server Prompt Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ev6UE7kwpg): LinearB MCP Server Prompt Demo
- [The Flight Simulator for Junior Developers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Vg_VrQ8mM): The Flight Simulator for Junior Developers
- [Engineering leaders have to think like a CFO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYB6tqvPnD4): Engineering leaders have to think like a CFO
- [AI as a Core Operating Metric](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zlJZsm6AY): AI as a Core Operating Metric
- [Kiro's Bi-Weekly Show | Spec vs Vibes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eH7z4undds): Kiro's Bi-Weekly Show | Spec vs Vibes
- [RIP Rocket Emoji](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30HU3lS74cE): RIP Rocket Emoji
- [Building Mental Models Applying Physics to Engineering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmJ4nzb3Q3U): Building Mental Models Applying Physics to Engineering
- [Testing as a Force Multiplier for Database Correctness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jK3lgsyh7k): Testing as a Force Multiplier for Database Correctness
- [The Evolution of Vector Databases in AI Applications](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DhSTdFa_WE): The Evolution of Vector Databases in AI Applications
- [The Foundational Component of Search in AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgBmxQg3EHo): The Foundational Component of Search in AI
- [No Keyboards Allowed (build an app in 4 hours) · Web Dev Challenge S2.E10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CxvZwaS2z0): No Keyboards Allowed (build an app in 4 hours) · Web Dev Challenge S2.E10
- [The Biggest Lesson from Autocorrect is Remediation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6-PBwaUml8): The Biggest Lesson from Autocorrect is Remediation
- [My Job is to Make Tech Literacy Not Matter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQqve1IIobo): My Job is to Make Tech Literacy Not Matter
- [EP242 Ken Kocienda AI's Generative and Extractive Possibilities](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBdq4ke31P0): EP242 Ken Kocienda AI's Generative and Extractive Possibilities
- [The Stressful but Insightful Steve Jobs Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4DpfhSIl3M): The Stressful but Insightful Steve Jobs Demo
- [Closing the AI gap: Surpassing executive expectations for AI productivity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g3YaTKBCA4): Closing the AI gap: Surpassing executive expectations for AI productivity
- [Coding with Zach: Warp x Andrew Zigler](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOo9F09DJCI): Coding with Zach: Warp x Andrew Zigler
- [The AI upgrade to your SDLC: A data workshop on AI code reviews](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U6trkIuMB0): The AI upgrade to your SDLC: A data workshop on AI code reviews
- [Vibe Code with Us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hHWKcJnwDM): Vibe Code with Us
- [Goose Off | Community Edition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wun8Rr7tlqg): Goose Off | Community Edition
- [Beyond Copilot: What’s Next for AI in Software Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xiJaDYN3_k): Beyond Copilot: What’s Next for AI in Software Development
- [Would You Rather Sacrifice Gen AI or Spell Check](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Um81RnM-QQY): Would You Rather Sacrifice Gen AI or Spell Check
- [Developer Productivity, Beyond the Metrics](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pMHgKuPUozQ): Developer Productivity, Beyond the Metrics
- [The Problem with Developer Productivity](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bMCK23PR-tk): The Problem with Developer Productivity
- [End of Year Strategy: Measure, Define, Deploy](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ub61lu6NAiM): End of Year Strategy: Measure, Define, Deploy
- [Thinking vs Thunking with developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #Developers #GenAI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUQslWBcUmI): Thinking vs Thunking with developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #Developers #GenAI
- ["GitHub is a social media network" with developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #DevRel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJXPzUF7m0): "GitHub is a social media network" with developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #DevRel
- [What is Chat Ops? With developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #Developers #ChatOps #AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrOjevF8LQo): What is Chat Ops? With developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #Developers #ChatOps #AI
- ["The year of automation" with developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #Developers #Automate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUuuAg8kFVs): "The year of automation" with developer advocate Andrew Zigler #DevOpsDays #Developers #Automate
- [Chat ops, automation, thinking vs "thunking," and more with developer advocate Andrew Zigler](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyu6yAVenjg): Chat ops, automation, thinking vs "thunking," and more with developer advocate Andrew Zigler
- [Demo: AI-Accelerated Workflows with Mattermost, Atlassian Jira, Parabol & Microsoft Azure AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDaZoGaQjIM): Demo: AI-Accelerated Workflows with Mattermost, Atlassian Jira, Parabol & Microsoft Azure AI
- [Mattermost Copilot Demo – AI-Enhanced Collaboration](https://mattermost.com/video/copilot-demo-ai-enhanced-collaboration/): Mattermost Copilot Demo – AI-Enhanced Collaboration
- [Mattermost Copilot Multi-LLM Setup & Usage](https://academy.mattermost.com/p/new-mattermost-copilot-multi-llm-setup-usage): Mattermost Copilot Multi-LLM Setup & Usage
- [The Collaboration Landscape of Tomorrow: How AI is Transforming Mission-Critical Work](https://mattermost.com/video/ai-collaboration-landscape-of-tomorrow/): The Collaboration Landscape of Tomorrow: How AI is Transforming Mission-Critical Work
- [OpenOps is Available! Start Experimenting with Open Source AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20KSKBzZmik): OpenOps is Available! Start Experimenting with Open Source AI
- [devopsdays Amsterdam 2023 interview with Andrew Zigler, Developer Advocate at Mattermost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Gv8567-oE): devopsdays Amsterdam 2023 interview with Andrew Zigler, Developer Advocate at Mattermost
- [Build your own local AI with mattermost-ai-framework and GPT4All](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7vHwVabPQc): Build your own local AI with mattermost-ai-framework and GPT4All
- [The Feature Feature: Remind Me Later](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu2b49ca9W8): The Feature Feature: Remind Me Later
- [Add ChatGPT to Mattermost in 2 minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4Ex7YZZiA): Add ChatGPT to Mattermost in 2 minutes
- [Mattermost Solutions for GitLab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIAfaGR7OU): Mattermost Solutions for GitLab
- [Make your next Mattermost slash command with Pipedream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QabKh5yF4-A): Make your next Mattermost slash command with Pipedream
- [Add TypeScript to React in Less Than 5 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qzCOYLLoc): Add TypeScript to React in Less Than 5 Minutes
- [How to be a Jira and Mattermost power user](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pDtiiD9r0): How to be a Jira and Mattermost power user
- [How to create your ChatOps bot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdNnwPp1G6k): How to create your ChatOps bot
- [Integrating your GitLab CI/CD pipelines into Mattermost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li2jaPziXTQ): Integrating your GitLab CI/CD pipelines into Mattermost
- [Building a custom Grafana dashboard for Kubernetes observability](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMxDxujkAQ): Building a custom Grafana dashboard for Kubernetes observability

## Research

- [Mise en Place for Agentic Coding: Deliberate Preparation as Context Engineering Methodology](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05400): Mise en Place for Agentic Coding: Deliberate Preparation as Context Engineering Methodology