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Working with AI agents

Practical methods for getting real, shippable work out of AI agents: structuring the workflow, keeping people at the decisions that matter, running agents safely in production, and the editor tooling that makes it all faster.

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15 Jan 2026 · 14 min read

From Chaos to Curtain Call: How I Engineered Consistent Delivery with AI Agents

How I used a team of specialised AI agents to automate repetitive code review checks and cut my review time by 60%, so I only review what needs a human.

TutorialAI Engineering

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12 Jan 2026 · 9 min read

How AI Agents Scale Software Engineering: The Agentic Workflow

The agentic workflow: how a pipeline of AI agents acting as product manager, architect, engineer and QA can scale software engineering without cutting quality.

AI EngineeringArticles

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5 Jan 2026 · 9 min read

Production-Grade AI Agents: A Survival Guide for Engineering Leaders

Why AI agent prototypes fail in production, and what engineering leaders need instead: reliability, cost controls, observability and PromptOps.

AI EngineeringArticles

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20 Dec 2025 · 6 min read

How to Write Robust Prompt Files for GitHub Copilot in VS Code

How to write reusable prompt files for GitHub Copilot in VS Code: where they live, the anatomy of a robust prompt, and examples for refactoring and tests.

AI EngineeringArticlesDevExTutorial

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20 Nov 2025 · 9 min read

Comparing the Latest AI Agent Frameworks in 2025

A practical comparison of TypeScript AI agent frameworks in 2025, including the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain.js and Mastra: features, trade-offs and when to use each.

ArticlesAI Engineering

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9 Oct 2025 · 6 min read

Create Jira Tickets from VS Code with GitHub Copilot and MCP

Set up VS Code, GitHub Copilot and MCP servers for Sentry and Atlassian to create well-structured Jira tickets straight from your editor.

API IntegrationArticlesAI Engineering

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