Andrew Denta

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Software is changing fast. It's exciting and terrifying.

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Blog 3 months ago
Codex Blocks Fast Mode with an API Key on Desktop
I ran a matrix of Codex configurations to find out why Fast mode works in the CLI but not in the Desktop app with an API key.
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Blog 6 months ago
AI on the Lot Portfolio
An overview of my work with Seedance 2
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Blog 8 months ago
Putting AI Agents in Production
Ok, so. You want to build autonomous virtual employees that can take a long-running, complex task and run with it, checking in when they need approval.
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Blog 9 months ago
Artificial Ruby NYC Talk
On February 18, 2026, I spoke at Artificial Ruby in New York City about building realtime AI agents in Ruby, using my open source Pokemon-playing project to show where agent systems get interesting.
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Blog 1 year ago
Context Engineering Is Only Half the Battle
Why scaffolds matter just as much as context engineering when you want reliable self building software.
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Blog 1 year ago
Claude Plays Pokemon Hackathon at Latent Space
On April 5, 2025, I joined Latent Space in San Francisco to talk through the Ruby-based Pokemon-playing agent I had been building, why emulator integration was the real bottleneck, and why I was happy to cheat with RAM reads when computer vision got in th
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Blog 2 years ago
Not every startup needs a CTO
Learnings from a founding engineer
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