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Sandboxing for AI Coding with GitHub Codespaces

Running AI coding agents locally on your machine offers great power but introduces significant security risks.

Oct 20 •

Guide AI Agents Through Test-Driven Development

Test-Driven Development (TDD) pairs exceptionally well with AI agents, harnessing their iterative capabilities for self-correction while ensuring tests…

Oct 19 •

Maintain a "Living Documentation" File

Core Principle: Transform your AGENTS.md file from a static instruction set into a dynamic, self-updating knowledge base that grows with your project.

Oct 15 •

Empowering Agents with Environment Management

A significant step toward a fluid development partnership with an AI assistant is to grant it autonomy over its own environment.

Oct 13 •

Use Git for Automated Checkpointing

Commit frequently to create a detailed history of your agent’s work.

Oct 11 •

Build Checkpoints for Your Agent with Neon Snapshots

If you build apps with an AI agent, you probably want a way to go back in time to prior agent turns.

Oct 2 •

Attribute Git Commits to AI Agents

Instruct your agent to commit to git with `--author`

Sep 28 •

Break Down Complex AI-Generated Code into Atomic Functions

When working with AI coding assistants, you may encounter situations where the generated code is lengthy, monolithic, or difficult to understand at…

Sep 21 •

Enable universal file access for your AI coding agent with MarkItDown-MCP

While some LLMs can read certain file formats like PDFs directly, all LLMs excel at processing Markdown. This makes Markdown the ideal format for…

Sep 7 •

Make Your Library AI-Friendly

Modern libraries should be designed with both human developers and AI assistants in mind.

Aug 31 •

Optimize AI Model Usage by Phase

Use frontier models for analysis and planning, smaller models for execution

Aug 24 •

Refine your initial prompt instead of course-correcting

When working with AI coding agents, you'll often find that your first attempt doesn't produce exactly what you need.

Aug 16 •

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