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Comments Are A Very Underrated AI Coding Tool

When you’re coding with agents, the most reliable steering wheel is a well-placed comment in the code’s line of sight.

Why I Choose Ruby on Rails in the AI Coding Era

The AI coding era has changed the calculus in ways that are only starting to become clear, and Rails benefits from those changes more than almost any other framework. Convention over configuration turns out to be exactly what a language model needs.

Introducing Agent Gateway for Ruby on Rails

A small Rails engine gem that gives AI agents structured, read-only access to the data you choose to expose.

Why Does AI Sometimes Give Inconsistent Answers?

AI doesn't work like a calculator. It predicts words based on patterns, not fixed rules. Learn why answers can vary and why you should always verify against the original source material.

AI Agent Orchestration on Rails

Build a multi-agent AI platform where specialized agents use real tools to perform real tasks, all orchestrated on Rails.

RAG on Ruby on Rails

Build a powerhouse Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with Ruby On Rails

Introducing the Strftime Roulette Rubygem

I'm releasing strftime_roulette, a Ruby gem that adds a strftime_roulette method to Date and Time objects. Every call returns a randomly formatted string. That's it. That's the gem.

The Inference Pattern: Tracking AI Usage with Polymorphic Models in Rails
Injecting dynamic Spotify data into my AI Voice Assistant

How I built a real-time voice agent using Gemini 2.0 and injected dynamic Spotify API data into its context window.

Building macOS apps with Apple AI: A guide to integrating Apple Intelligence with macOS

What I learned building an app that interfaces with Apple's Foundation Models AI.

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Jesse Waites
Jesse Waites, Polyglot Software Developer, Creative Technologist, Hiker, Rock & Ice Climber