There's never been a better time to build software, and that might be a problem. Each skill you hand the AI makes the next one easier, each task you offload frees you to start three more, yet somehow we're working more than ever. This week we discuss building out our skills, and how to tell when it's time to close the laptop.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Matt Pocock's code-review skill — the two-axis review skill Adam's is based on.
• ub-mode — Uncle Bob's agent skill for CRAP scores, mutation testing and duplication checks.
• The CRAP metric — how complexity and test coverage combine into one risk score.
• Gherkin reference — the Given/When/Then syntax for acceptance tests.
• Black & White 1 Decompilation — the community decompilation of Lionhead's 2001 god game.
• Reverse centaurs — Cory Doctorow on humans working as a machine's assistant.

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

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How are we doing? No, really. The world moves fast, and keeping up doesn't leave much time to check in. This week, Adam and Ben settle in for a little podcast therapy.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Compiling — an xkcd comic about waiting for code to compile.

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

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Has a year of talking to LLMs changed the way we talk to people? Great question, and you're absolutely right! And when the models write all the code, what's left for us? This week the hosts answer more listener questions.

Follow the show and be sure to join the discussion on Discord! Our website is workingcode.dev and we're @workingcode.dev on Bluesky. New episodes drop weekly on Thursday.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• T3 Code — an app for running coding agents.
• Proxmox — splits a physical machine into virtual machines and containers.
• Tailscale — private network access to your machines without opening ports.
• Jellyfin — self-hosted media server.
• Pi-hole — network-wide ad blocker.

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

Full show notes and transcript here.