Maggieappleton

Why we need collaborative AI engineering and a tour of Ace: the multiplayer coding workspace

We have reached a moment where instead of releasing software you simply release the detailed spec for software and tell people to prompt their agent to build it themselvesFrom the README of OpenAI's new Symphony orchestrator: https://github.com/openai/sym

On agent orchestration patterns, why design and critical thinking are the new bottlenecks, and whether we should let go of looking at code

Command line bars you can quickly summon with a keyboard shortcut

I entered the new year holding an inconsolable, shrieking baby while London set off an armageddon of fireworks around us. So goes parenthood. The baby is fine, just congested and teething. I am as "fine" as anyone can be after months of chronic sickness,

On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions

Vibe code is legacy code A lovely little write-up by my friend Steve Krouse on how vibe code and legacy code are roughly the same thing; "code that nobody understands." I particularly like this graph which illustrates the relationship between vibe code an

Discover what a digital garden is, how to grow one using tools like Notion and Obsidian, and why it

Revealed: How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice The New Scientist used freedom of information laws to get the ChatGPT records of the UK's technology secretary. The headline hints at a damning exposé, but ends up being a story about a po

Humanity's Last Exam We have a new(ish) benchmark, cutely named "Humanity's Last Exam." If you're not familiar with benchmarks, they're how we measure the capabilities of particular AI models like o1 or Claude Sonnet 3.5. Each one is a standardised test d