by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 13, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
A lesson in agent training: One of my agents within a Hermes Agent system takes the path someone new to coding might take. Here’s how that happens and how I help it learn from the mistake. Scotter:Modify Tasky’s morning report. Add topic to watch price of...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 8, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
February 2026: OpenClaw Ooh shiny! Easy install. Check. Hmmm something isn’t working right. Some time later, I got it fixed. Ooh an update! Installed. OpenClaw broken. Some time later, I got it fixed. Hearing good stuff about Hermes. Friend raving about how it...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 19, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, Coding Assistants, LLM |
I have a nuanced opinion on this that has some big caveats. First, I want to debunk the assumption I see most often: I think most projections of “We need to hire Junior Developers now so we can train them up so we have that knowledge/experience in 2-3...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 12, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, Coding Assistants, LLM |
We’re witnessing a collapse of the entire software value chain – from how it’s built, to who builds it, to whether it needs to exist at all. Phase 1: The Deskilling of Coding (Now) AI is learning to write code so well that humans barely need to...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 28, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, Coding Assistants, LLM |
Recursive Self-Improvement Challenges An exploration between a human an two AIs to explore ways to recursively improve AI-related systems. The conversation begins with Scotter querying his OpenClaw [2026-03-28 17:27] Scotter: Thought experiment: Recursive...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 26, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
Right now, on 2026-03-26, using my AgentAutoFlow + Kilo Code + VS Code setup. Let’s compare two scenarios; Human + AI working together vs Human coding an issue alone. I’ll choose a relatively small issue (something to fix or add to a project) because (a)...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 15, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
Want a free customizable AI coding team? Use it to create new apps or make changes/additions to existing ones. This set of instructions enhances and extends the modes/agents that come with many coding agent/assistants (or make your own). The instructions are tailored...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 13, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
Phase 1: Kid Coder Early teens: Geekin on 8-bit computers; Vic 20 and C64, making games and simple apps. Me, pointing at screen, “Mom! Look what I made!” Mom, looking at this thing moving around on a TV screen and seeing zero use for it:...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 23, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
A couple quotes that caught my eye today: “We are dangerously confusing computational speed with legal reasoning. While AI can be extraordinarily useful, it cannot replace the reasoning of educated, experienced lawyers. The fact is that AI only simulates...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 13, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
“An interesting trend I’m seeing is that some of the most elite teams are abandoning AI coding altogether.” I hear this is happening in some companies and figure it is because:(a) They either started too soon (before LLMs were smart enough;(b) They...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 9, 2025 | AI, All Articles, Coding Assistants, LLM |
Yay there are many to choose from! If you work in VS Code, the one that stands out for me is Roo Code. Some things I love about it: (1) Free – you just plug the API keys in for whatever models you wan to use. The only limits come from the models through API. (2)...
