Opinion: Productivity
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How claude skills were meant to be made (by hand)
Hand-written claude code skills outperform generated ones because they carry only the delta the model needs. Drop the bloat and survive every model upgrade.
Why the Most Productive Developers Aren't the Loudest AI Users
The METR study found AI tools make experienced developers 19% slower. The most productive developers use AI selectively and quietly. The loudest adopters ship the least.
TypeScript Types Have Gone Too Far (And What to Do About It)
TypeScript type complexity has become a status symbol. When the type definition is longer than the function it describes, something went wrong. Here is what actually works.
Vibe Coding Is Breaking Production (Here's How to Do It Right)
Vibe coding shipped 1.5 million leaked API keys and got apps banned from the App Store. The problem is not AI-generated code. It is skipping the review. A practical checklist for doing it right.
IntelliJ vs VS Code in 2026: The Honest Comparison
IntelliJ vs VS Code compared on refactoring, pricing, and AI tooling. Find which IDE fits your stack and budget in 2026, plus Neovim as a third option.
Senior Devs Are Going All-In on Prompt Style Coding
Senior developers ship 2.5x more AI-generated code than juniors. The data on prompt style coding adoption reveals experience is the real multiplier.