Hi, I'm Nick Perkins. I'm a software engineer building AI-focused products. On weekends I officiate motorsport. This is where I write about what I'm working on and what I'm noticing along the way.
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Everyone’s excited about MCPs. The Model Context Protocol is supposed to be the standard way AI agents talk to external services. And it is good, for what it is. But I’ve been replacing …
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grug been thinking about complexity demon lately. complexity demon sneaky. complexity demon hide in code review. complexity demon whisper …
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I’ve been spending a lot of time in agentic AI workflows lately. Describe a feature, the agent writes the code, the tests, and the PR. …
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Over the last year, I’ve been watching how people use AI coding tools. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude - everyone’s got access …
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Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working extensively with GitHub Enterprise in large organisational settings. While GitHub has …
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Practical guides and opinions on building with AI — workflows, tools, and what I'm noticing along the way.
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