Notes on thinking, debugging, and building software with an AI duck in the loop.

Phlare

Keeping Agent Instruction Files Lean ♻️

When you first start wiring AI agents into your repo, the temptation is predictable. You have a single instruction file that boots with the agent, so you start putting everything in it. CLAUDE.md. AGENTS.md. Whatever gets loaded at startup becomes the obvious home for conventions,…

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Running Two AI Code Agents in One Codebase 🦆 ⇄ 🦆

I didn’t initially aim to develop a “multi-agent infrastructure." My goal was simply to ensure Claude and Codex could operate together without interference. However, the project evolved into a more intentional effort. Two agents share a single repository, with no ambiguity about responsibilities. Allowing both…

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Phlare

Codex vs Claude 💥 

Doing a bit of pair coding today this week with Codex vs. Claude. I have to say, Codex was really easy to set up, comparatively, but.... that's because Claude already helped me fix a bunch of shit in my PATH and .zshrc and stuff like…

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The polarity is amusing. 🐥

It’s funny. I’ve been watching the gen AI space for a couple of years now. I’ve dabbled with a dozen apps, built a few integrations using APIs for work, and experimented with various tools to improve my coding and project management workflows. I also quietly…

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