Sandboxing My Coding Agents
How I started sandboxing my coding agents with Docker and VSCode Dev Containers after watching them wander outside the repo
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Recent Posts
Understanding Null in GraphQL Schema Design
When should a GraphQL field be null versus an empty list? How do non-nullable fields protect invariants while nullable fields enable partial responses. A practical guide to returning null in federated schemas.
I Benchmarked Qwen's Fast MoE Model Locally. It Was Confidently Wrong Half the Time.
The MoE variant is 3.5x faster than its dense sibling — but on my local SWE-bench run it submitted wrong or invalid answers over 52% of the time it 'completed' a task. Here's what I found.
The Customer Identifiers Pattern in Federated GraphQL
How to unify customer data across siloed business units using GraphQL Federation's @requires and @context directives.
Why Most Architecture Reviews Fail
Architecture review boards start with good intentions. Six months later, engineers see them as all red tape and no value.
How I Calculated the Optimal Context Size for My Local LLM
A practical walkthrough of calculating context window sizing for a local Qwen model on an RTX 5090
Generating Cobra CLI Boilerplate with OpenCLI Specs
Generate boilerplate CLI code deterministically using OpenCLI specifications - contract-first and framework-agnostic
Experimenting with Local LLMs and VSCode
Experimenting with a local LLM and integrating with GitHub copilot in Visual Studio Code over LAN
OpenCLI Spec Is Now in Alpha
OpenCLI is now in alpha: a faster way to write, test, and share command-line workflows with an interactive editor.