Blog Posts

Cultivating Intentional Agent Networks

Jake Ruesink
AI
06 Mar, 2026

This project started with a missing tool. Our team used to rely heavily on Codegen, a platform that connected our workflows across GitHub, Slack, Linear, and our codebase. It wasn’t just an AI coding

The Top Skill Engineers Should Be Developing Right Now

Jake Ruesink
AI
05 Mar, 2026

AI has dramatically changed how software gets written. Code generation is fast. Ideas can become implementations in minutes. Entire features can appear with a few prompts. But this speed introduces

Essentialism, Reboots, and a Small Trick That Makes You Faster on Your Computer

Jake Ruesink
Productivity
03 Jan, 2026

I recently listened to The Tim Ferriss Show episode #843, “Tactics and Strategies for a 2026 Reboot,” featuring Greg McKeown, the author of Essentialism. My biggest takeaway was simple but sticky: Fo

How to Avoid AI Slop in Your Pull Requests

Jake Ruesink
AI
19 Dec, 2025

Coding with AI is the new normal. Reviewing AI-written code is the new bottleneck. The problem isn’t necessarily that AI writes bad code. It’s that it often writes blurry code, code that technically

Community First! Village Tiny Home Campaign — Year 2

Jake Ruesink
Community
22 Sep, 2025

We’re raising funds for our second tiny home build at Community First! Village. Every dollar you give will be matched 1:1 by our team, up to our campaign goal of $62,000.Quick link to campaign giv

From Discovery to Delivery: An AI Forward Product Team

Jake Ruesink
AI
24 Aug, 2025

AI is changing how product teams work, from the way we discover opportunities to how we deliver features. The fastest teams today are AI forward: they use AI to validate ideas quickly, generate workin

From Slack to Shipped - How I Build Features with AI Agents

Jake Ruesink
AI
11 Aug, 2025

Modern AI tools are transforming how we write, review, and ship code — but the real magic happens when you connect them into a structured, repeatable workflow. In this post, I’ll walk through the

Context Building: The Art of Layered AI Problem Solving

Jake Ruesink
AI
25 Jul, 2025

In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-assisted development, a powerful methodology is emerging that goes far beyond simple prompt engineering. Context Building represents a systematic approach to pr

🤖 My First Multi-Agent AI Coding Session: How an Hour of Agentic Magic Transformed My Workflow

Jake Ruesink
AI
04 Jun, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to test the bounds of agentic AI development workflows just as a fun exploration. I’d seen plenty of demos and played with a few basic examples, but this was my first r