AI-Assisted Development at Block

kept by eddie jan 29

Block Engineering's AI Champions program and repo readiness initiatives boosted AI-authored code by 69% and time savings by 37% in three months.

Block - Introducing Buzz: where humans and agents work together
Block launches Buzz, an open‑source Nostr‑based workspace where humans and AI agents collaborate as peers with shared context and flexible tooling.
also on Goose, Block, Claude Code, #ai-coding, #productivity, #developer-tools
The Agent Skills Directory
Skills.sh provides a directory of reusable capabilities that can be installed with a single command to enhance AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot.
also on Cline, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
Claude Code Sees Like A Software Architect
Claude Code's native LSP support lets it understand code structurally like an IDE, eating the business model of startups that built semantic code understanding as middleware.
also on Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, #ai-coding, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
10x is the new floor - by Nikunj Kothari - Balancing Act
AI tools have raised the baseline for individual productivity to the former 10x level, splitting the talent market and pressuring companies that rely on average performers.
also on Block, Cursor, #productivity, #developer-tools
Opinion | I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem. - The New York Times
Block's recent A.I.-related job cuts are argued to be a pretext for standard cost-cutting layoffs, masking traditional downsizing as technological progress.
also on Block, #enterprise