Generating diagrams for unfamiliar codebases using an AI skill 🔗
Everyone who has worked in software has experience poring over multiple codebases trying to understand how all the different pieces of functionality i [...]
Erica Pisani
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Give Your AI Coding Assistant Something to Work With: A Case Study 🔗
Over my winter break, I'd been noodling over a new side project idea related to Ontario politics. I used to enjoy following what goes on, but these da [...]
What I learned from Anthropic's "Building with the Claude API" course 🔗
I decided to take this course in order to get a high-level understanding of all the features that Claude had to offer, and a better understanding of h [...]
How I use AI 🔗
Like so many others, I've been experimenting with a number of different AI-powered tools to find the ones that work best for my style of working and h [...]
Considering open sourcing software at your company? 🔗
From what I've seen in my career so far, the motivation to open source software at one's company tends to fall into one or more of the following bucke [...]
Building "My Local Grocer" 🔗
This is a side project that I've been picking away at on-and-off for the past few years, and I'm finally at a place where I can say I'm "done". My Loc [...]
Reflections on "Performance and Sustainability" at QCon London 2025 🔗
I had the privilege of hosting the "Performance and Sustainability" track at QCon London this year. It was my first time hosting a track, and I was in [...]
Avoiding Go runtime errors with interface compliance and type assertion checks 🔗
As I've been brushing up on my Go skills with a side project, one question I had was how errors related to structs not implementing an interface manif [...]
Assorted reads (January 2025) 🔗
Hi folks, I hope you've all been doing well! 👋 I've been starting my new year on a bit of a podcast-listening binge, revisiting old shows that I've s [...]
Privacy-preserving payment systems, goals for 2025, and a new side project 🔗
Happy New Year all! I hope you had a great holiday break and a wonderful start to the year. I enjoyed some much needed rest and got a chance to read a [...]
Assorted reads (December 2024) 🔗
Hi folks! I hope you all have a relaxing holiday season ahead. I plan on using mine to make one last push to finish a book or two before the year ends [...]
How to install nvim-ufo in LazyVim to enable foldable code blocks 🔗
A feature that I've found myself missing since making the switch to Vim as my editor of choice is the ability to easily fold and expand code blocks. I [...]
Assorted Reads (November 2024) 🔗
Hey folks, it's that time of month again! I hope you're all having a great weekend wherever you are in the world. Let's jump right in! Instead of Bei [...]
What is a carbon handprint? 🔗
I've recently started reading "Building Green Software" as part of an online book club and, in the introduction, the authors reference the potential " [...]
Green software book club, git log tricks, and pro bono work in tech 🔗
Hi folks! I hope you've all been doing well and, if you live in an area that's getting colder as winter approaches, hope you're staying warm. I love t [...]