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Matthew Hou

I build with AI daily and write about what actually works. Half my best ideas came from your comments.

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GitHub Copilot CLI Executes Malware With Zero Approval. Your CI/CD Pipeline Would Have Caught It.
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GitHub Copilot CLI Executes Malware With Zero Approval. Your CI/CD Pipeline Would Have Caught It.

#discuss #ai #security #codequality
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I Stopped Trying to Make AI Smarter. I Made My Code Dumber.
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I Stopped Trying to Make AI Smarter. I Made My Code Dumber.

#discuss #ai #programming #codequality
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Developers Think AI Makes Them 24% Faster. The Data Says 19% Slower.
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Developers Think AI Makes Them 24% Faster. The Data Says 19% Slower.

#discuss #ai #testing #codequality
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Every Website Will Soon Have Two Versions. Nobody Knows Who Pays for the Second One.
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Every Website Will Soon Have Two Versions. Nobody Knows Who Pays for the Second One.

#discuss #ai #webdev #business
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I Gave AI the Same Task Twice. The Only Difference Was 30 Lines of Markdown.
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I Gave AI the Same Task Twice. The Only Difference Was 30 Lines of Markdown.

#discuss #ai #programming #codequality
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I Use AI on My Codebase Every Day. Here's What I've Stopped Trusting It With.
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I Use AI on My Codebase Every Day. Here's What I've Stopped Trusting It With.

#discuss #ai #programming #codequality
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Your AI Agent Doesn't Need More Intelligence — It Needs Better Plumbing
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Your AI Agent Doesn't Need More Intelligence — It Needs Better Plumbing

#discuss #ai #programming #llm
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LLMs in Production Are Not Magic — They're Plumbing
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LLMs in Production Are Not Magic — They're Plumbing

#ai #programming #llm #architecture
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Separate Planning from Execution: The AI Coding Workflow That Actually Works
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Separate Planning from Execution: The AI Coding Workflow That Actually Works

#ai #productivity #coding #workflow
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The Real Cost of Running AI Coding Agents (It's Not What You Think)
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The Real Cost of Running AI Coding Agents (It's Not What You Think)

#discuss #ai #programming #productivity
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We Turned Off Dependabot. Our Codebase Is Healthier Than Ever.
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We Turned Off Dependabot. Our Codebase Is Healthier Than Ever.

#programming #devops #security #beginners
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I Spent $847 Running AI Agents for a Month. Here's the Spreadsheet.
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I Spent $847 Running AI Agents for a Month. Here's the Spreadsheet.

#ai #productivity #programming #beginners
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I Mass-Deleted 40,000 Lines of Code. Here's the Playbook.
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I Mass-Deleted 40,000 Lines of Code. Here's the Playbook.

#programming #productivity #career #codequality
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llms.txt Is the New robots.txt — Why Every Developer Should Care
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llms.txt Is the New robots.txt — Why Every Developer Should Care

#ai #webdev #programming #beginners
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I Got My First Open Source PR Merged After 7 Rejections. Here's What I Learned About Contributing.
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I Got My First Open Source PR Merged After 7 Rejections. Here's What I Learned About Contributing.

#opensource #github #programming #beginners
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