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Tim Hinde

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Writing on engineering craft, AI in engineering, and the quieter problems of building things in the AI world.

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AI Agents, and What Do They Even Do?

Every developer building with agents eventually falls down the same rabbit hole. Here’s what I found at the bottom.

The Constraint Wasn't Technical. It Was Habitual.

How a five-minute conversation with a QA engineer changed the way we build.

Why I’m writing this (and why you might want to read it)

Real-world engineering lessons from the trenches of AI-native development.

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