How much specification does an agent need?Working with coding agents has made me pay closer attention to what I leave implicit in a task. I can describe the change I want and still leave room for decisions that affect the system's behaviour. 12DVSep 11 · 6 min readarvindand.hashnode.dev
Author, Not ApproverI recently gave a talk at work about working effectively with AI coding agents. It wasn't an instructional or preachy session, more a sharing of observations and opinions on where things currently areJul 28 · 14 min readarvindand.hashnode.dev
Why I Reach for Skills Before MCPThere's been a lot of discussion lately about skills vs MCP—whether they're complementary, competing, or if one makes the other obsolete. I've built both—an MCP server for Maven Central and a collectiJan 8 · 4 min readarvindand.hashnode.dev
