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Stop Feeding Agents Raw Data

Dev.to · Don Johnson 4d ago

Stop Feeding Agents Raw Data

I used to think the problem was the agent. I would hand it a large JSON export and ask a reasonable...

The Container Runtime Nobody Told You About (And Four Others)

Dev.to · Don Johnson ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago

The Container Runtime Nobody Told You About (And Four Others)

gVisor, Kata, Firecracker, and WASM/WASI demystified with a single Go app, real benchmark numbers, and the ultimate use-case map for each.

The Linux Commands You Forgot Exist (And Why AI Workflows Make Them Relevant Again)

Dev.to · Don Johnson ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago

The Linux Commands You Forgot Exist (And Why AI Workflows Make Them Relevant Again)

watch, tee, pv, ts, sponge, column, comm, tac, vidir, parallel — pipe & stream primitives built before "AI workflow" was a phrase, and more useful now than ever

The git Commands You Forgot Exist (And Why AI Workflows Make Them Relevant Again)

Dev.to · Don Johnson 2w ago

The git Commands You Forgot Exist (And Why AI Workflows Make Them Relevant Again)

Most devs know git commit, git push, git stash. Then there's a whole floor below that nobody...

AI Tools Need Contracts, Not Prompts

Dev.to · Don Johnson 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago

AI Tools Need Contracts, Not Prompts

AI-first devtools need executable CLI contracts: typed schemas, deterministic JSON, local evidence, and handles agents can verify.