Software as Wiki, Mutable Software - exe.dev blog

kept by eddie feb 16

A link shortener called Slinky uses an 'Edit with Shelley' button to let an AI agent modify and extend the software's code in real time, treating the app like a mutable wiki.

Logging sucks | Hacker News
Structured, high-cardinality logs with consistent schemas and correlation IDs improve debugging over traditional unstructured logs in distributed systems.
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Bring Back Ops Pride (xpost) – charity.wtf
Operations should be reclaimed as a term of pride, not a synonym for toil, because it is a vital and difficult engineering function distinct from product development.
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crawshaw - 2026-02-08
AI coding agents have improved dramatically in the past year, now writing 90% of code, causing IDEs to wane as he returns to Vi.
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Claude Is Not a Compiler - exe.dev blog
Claude functions as a vertically integrated AI that assists engineers across strategy, architecture, and code, surpassing a compiler’s narrow role.
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