Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings

2 Oct 2026

Today's links look at how React Native solved a problem nobody had, whether you can SEO your way into an AI agent's recommendation, and why redesign doesn't happen enough.

2 Oct 2026

Today's links look at maintaining quality while agents write the code, how to give your agent an UI, and why coding is NOT a solved problem.

1 Oct 2026

Today's links look at the new Gemini 4 Argon model, how you start building an agentic software factory, and the state of agent skills.

30 Sep 2026

I have 334 apps on my phone. You probably have more than me. My browser bookmarks and history are stuffed with sites I infrequently use. We’re inundated with “apps” that require us to learn

29 Sep 2026

Today's links look at why you should be asking more questions, why there's a lack of confidence in software supply chain security, and why faster AI coding can mean harder engineering.

29 Sep 2026

Today's links look at why experts should lead experts, which unlikely trends are shaping software trends, and why startups need open models alongside frontier APIs.

25 Sep 2026

Today's links look at why you should stop watching your agent work, the value of a good agent plugin, and how to better harden your code pipelines and CI/CD infra.

25 Sep 2026

Today's links look at a new type of agentic database architecture, whether web frameworks matter anymore, and how to deploy AI hardware into outer space.

24 Sep 2026

Today's links look at why the internet isn't ready for the agentic wave, how to scale Kubernetes workloads to zero, and how to do a Jev-style classifier with DiffusionGemma.

23 Sep 2026

Today's links look at using Jev in your data warehouse, why traditional API design has changed forever, and good tips to improve your coding agent game.

22 Sep 2026

Today's links look at the new Jev model, why 'be popular' isn't an open source business model, and how to do cross-cloud caching with your lakehouse.

18 Sep 2026

Today's links look at whether you're actually a good collaborator, why you should stop trying to be LESS obsessed, and why we're all managers now.

18 Sep 2026

Today's links look at what happens to engineers when AI writes all the code, how to de-slop an AI-generated codebase, and why agents are the new kingmakers.

17 Sep 2026

Today's links look at why you tell agents why instead of only how, whether agent skills actually help, and the value of being bored.

16 Sep 2026

Today's links look at how to pair program with your AI agent, how to keep your jokes from falling flat, and why we're all product engineers now.

15 Sep 2026

Today's links look at the feature flag graveyard, why it's ok to be a slop snob, and which strong opinions are worth revisiting.

11 Sep 2026

Today's links look at which models do best at cybersecurity tasks, what comes after git, and how you can save a billion tokens with on-device AI.

11 Sep 2026

Today's links look at behavioral evaluation of coding agents, how to debug Spark with the help of MCP servers, and why Shopify is moving from a single-codebase framework to native code.

9 Sep 2026

Today's links look at five things you shouldn't vibe code, why you can trust your agent with production secrets, and why to .gitignore everything by default.

8 Sep 2026

Today's links look at the future of software engineering, what happens when AI burns down your whole backlog, and how coding agents select their tools of choice.

4 Sep 2026

Today's links look at what happens when your agent doesn't know how to wait, how to think about open weight models, and why curveball questions can surface key insights.

4 Sep 2026

Today's links look at how top open source projects are rethinking contributions, how to distinguish the human/machine/agent identities, and why middle managers are the key to AI adoption.

3 Sep 2026

Today's links look at the new Gemini 3.8 Flash, why you should audit your agent files, and seven agent skill patterns everyone should know.

1 Sep 2026

Today's links look at using agent teams on long running tasks, why you want 'twilight factories' instead of agent-only dark factories, and how to slash token costs with context caching.

31 Aug 2026

Today's links look at top AI trends every developer should know, what AI metric you shouldn't be measuring, and how to think strategically.

31 Aug 2026

I’m not proud of it, but I’ve been drunk on agent skills. It’s time to reset. It’s easy to fall into skills bloat as you accrue different ones for every possible scenario. Doing software

28 Aug 2026

Today's links look at why you shouldn't waste your career getting comfortable, how to build websites for people AND agents, and a new way to test your cloud resilience.

27 Aug 2026

Today's links look at whether or data or APIs are ready for AI, why your backlog was a coping mechanism, and how you can deploy personal agents.

26 Aug 2026

Today's links look at generative engine optimization (GEO) and agent experience (AX), what the future of learning looks like, and what languages agent skills are written in.

25 Aug 2026

Today's links look at whether 'predictable delivery' can be measured, how to migrate code libraries using agent teams, and what the AI-native SDLC playbook looks like.

24 Aug 2026

Today's links look at why your event-driven system isn't as decoupled as you think, why software craftsmanship still matters, and how engineering leaders should measure the ROI of AI.

21 Aug 2026

Today's links look at moving AI coding to different surfaces, how to save tokens, and why good writing is obvious, not original.

20 Aug 2026

Today's links look at AI coding tools for enterprise users, whether your organizational culture is too nice, what to do when your buyer in an AI agent.

19 Aug 2026

Today's links look at doc-driven development, why harnesses are basically situated agents, what's new in Go 1.27.

18 Aug 2026

Today's links look at data about AI usage patterns in software teams, some best practices for AI code reviews, and what to do when the hard part stops being hard.

17 Aug 2026

Today's links look at how companies are doing agentic engineering in real life, what to do about skill sprawl, and whether you need skills at all.

14 Aug 2026

Today's links look at how to speed up generative UI, which patterns and problems in multiagent systems to be aware of, and whether software factories actually work.

13 Aug 2026

Today's links look at the flashy Gemini 3.7 Flash model, why reviewing code is a skill, and what technical debt in the AI era looks like.

13 Aug 2026

Today's links look at why local models won't win, whether TDD inside the agent loop makes sense, and where a watermark can hide in plain text.

11 Aug 2026

Today's links look at whether agents are killing the UI, whether agents can use computers yet, and a fresh definition of the product role.

10 Aug 2026

Today's links look at why 'code was never the hard part' is insulting, what code review are for, and why open source matters for AI.

7 Aug 2026

Today's links look at when a loop should stop, how WebMCP is picking up momentum, and what has to be true to rewrite the code all the time.

6 Aug 2026

Today's links look at the new Agent Plugins spec, when you should self-host inference, and what nobody tells you about writing agent skills.

5 Aug 2026

Today's links look at a big change in Google AI leadership, what name we should use when referring to AI coding, and whether lacking a long-term career plan is fine.

5 Aug 2026

Today's links look at how to work with 5 coding agents simultaneously, scaling agents with session-aware load balancing, and why engineering management is a career change instead of a promotion.

4 Aug 2026

Today's links look at the economic benefits of refactoring, the one line that 95% of agent skills are missing, and how to give (and take) credit in big tech companies.

30 Jul 2026

Today's links look at what a loop is, how to apply eval-driven development, and why GitHub might be the wrong shape for this AI world.

30 Jul 2026

If you’ve been a software developer for more than five minutes, then you probably have some old code running somewhere. It probably works fine, so who cares if it’s a little dusty and based on an

29 Jul 2026

Today's links look at how much you can delegate to agents, how we killed reading and can get it back, and why your moat shouldn't be the models.

28 Jul 2026

Today's links look at a big update to the Model Context Protocol, why it's good to be bored, and how to vibe code your first Android app.