Notes from the workshop.
Essays, patterns and short notebook entries about building with AI. Sorted newest first — older posts stay reachable as the index grows.
Context Engineering for Coding Agents: How to Keep AI Out of the “Dumb Zone”
Notes from Dex Horthy’s “No Vibes Allowed: Solving Hard Problems in Complex Codebases” talk at AI Engineer. AI coding tools are getting better fast, but many engineering teams...
LLM Pricing Is Weird: A Practical Guide to Picking the Right Model for the Job
If you are trying to bring AI into real business workflows, the hard part usually is not finding a model that can do something impressive in a demo. The hard part is knowing...
This Week in AI: GPT 5.5, Agent Hype, and the New Tool War
This week felt like one of those moments where the AI industry collectively stomped on the gas and then looked surprised that the speedometer moved. OpenAI rolled out GPT 5.5....
This Week in AI: Agent Apps Everywhere, Opus 4.7 Drama, and the Open-Model Counterattack
This week in AI felt less like a model release cycle and more like a land grab for the interface layer. The biggest story wasn’t just who shipped a smarter model. It was who got...
This Week in AI: Claude's Source Code Hits the Streets, JavaScript Gets Backdoored, and GitHub Puts Ads in Your PRs
Covering content from Matt Wolfe, Fireship, ThePrimeagen, Two Minute Papers, and freeCodeCamp What a week. If you blinked, you missed Anthropic accidentally open-sourcing their...
Teaching Your AI Agent to Actually Remember Things
A comprehensive guide to fixing memory problems in OpenClaw (and similar AI agent frameworks) You know that feeling when you explain something to someone, and the next day they...
The Complete Guide to OpenClaw Markdown Files: Building Your AI Agent's Brain
Your AI agent wakes up fresh every session. These files are how it remembers who it is. Why Markdown Files Matter Here's a truth that surprises most new OpenClaw users: your AI...
Cursor vs Claude Code vs Kiro: Which AI Coding Assistant is Right for You in 2026?
A hands-on comparison of three leading AI development tools The landscape of AI-assisted development has shifted dramatically. What started as glorified autocomplete has evolved...
Kermit the Code: Building a Muppet-Themed Website with Three.js
"It's not easy being web dev... but with 3D, it's almost frog-tastic!" 🐸 Try the Live Demo! — See Kermit in action before diving into the code. Oh, Hello There, Web Wizard!...
Welcome to MattRowe.com – Where Code Meets Felt
🎭 Welcome to the Show, Folks! Pull back the velvet curtains and cue the spotlight—MattRowe.com is officially live! I’ve spent the last few week stitching together a digital...