#tools

7 items tagged #tools.

GUIDE 2026-05-11

Codex's web tool: useful, narrow, and easy to misuse

Codex CLI can fetch URLs and search the web mid-task. Here's when that helps, when it quietly burns tokens, and the workflow pattern that keeps it useful.

Owner · 5 min #codex #web-tool

BLOG 2026-02-11

The best AI tool is the one you actually use

Engineers spend more time evaluating AI tools than using them. The marginal differences between top tools matter less than developing fluency in one.

Owner · 3 min #opinion #tools

BLOG 2026-01-26

The tab completion paradox: simpler features outperform agent loops for daily work

Engineers report Tab autocomplete saves them more time than agent features over a typical day. The marketing emphasizes the wrong thing.

Owner · 4 min #tools #productivity

BLOG 2026-01-24

The hidden cost of bad AI tool defaults

Most engineers use their AI tools at default settings. The defaults are often wrong for the engineer's workflow. The friction adds up.

Owner · 4 min #tools #productivity

BLOG 2026-01-17

The quiet improvement in AI tool context pruning

Context pruning has gotten dramatically better in 2025. The user-visible effect is subtle. The cost reduction is real.

Owner · 4 min #tools #performance

BLOG 2026-01-16

Why I keep using vim alongside AI tools, despite the friction

Most AI tools are editor-shaped. Vim users live in the terminal. The friction is real. The reasons to stay are also real.

Editor · 4 min #vim #tools

BLOG 2025-12-13

The CLI renaissance: AI tools are bringing terminal back into focus

After two decades of GUI dominance, terminal-first AI tools are popular again. The reasons are interesting.

Owner · 3 min #opinion #tools