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What I actually automate with AI

People ask me what I use my AI agent setup for. They expect exotic use cases. Autonomous companies running themselves. Agents negotiating contracts. Sci-fi stuff. The reality is more boring and more useful. I use AI agents for the repetitive work that eats up development time. Code reviews that catch the same mistakes. E2E testing that validates features. Coordinating work across frontend and backend. The stuff that's necessary but doesn't require creativity. […]

Why AI agents need soul

I thought giving my AI agent access to tools would be enough. It could read files, write code, run commands, search the web. Everything a developer needs. But after a few weeks, I noticed a pattern. It kept making the same mistakes. Asking the same clarifying questions. Forgetting lessons we'd already learned together. The agent wasn't getting better. It was just running in place. That's when I realized the problem. Tools without guidance are just capabilities without direction. […]