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a brief history of ralph

Dex · January 6, 2026 · 10 min read

The Ralph Wiggum Technique went viral in the last week of 2025. Here's the story of ralph since the first time I met Geoff in June of 2025.

Context-Efficient Backpressure for Coding Agents

Dex · December 9, 2025 · 5 min read

Verbose test and build output wastes tokens and confuses agents. A simple wrapper script can dramatically improve agent performance.

Writing a good CLAUDE.md

Kyle · November 25, 2025 · 10 min read

CLAUDE.md is a high-leverage configuration point for Claude Code. Learning how to write a good CLAUDE.md (or AGENTS.md) is a key skill for agent-enabled software engineering.

12 Factor Agents

Dex · April 3, 2025 · 32 min read

The Original 12 Factor Agents Manifesto. What are the principles we can use to build LLM-powered software that is actually good enough to put in the hands of production customers?