htekdev.hashnode.devHow I Turned an AI Skeptic and a 13-Year-Old Into BelieversI met a guy at the park last week who only uses AI for one thing: naming his cook-off. That's it. Full stop. When I asked why, he said he just doesn't see the point. He's not anti-tech—he's just genuinely unconvinced that AI has anything to offer him...2h ago·7 min read
htekdev.hashnode.devTests Are Everything in Agentic AI: Building DevOps Guardrails for AI-Powered DevelopmentI'm going to say something that'll make some people uncomfortable: if you don't have test coverage in your solution, you're going to fail at using agentic AI. Not "struggle with it." Not "get mixed results." You will fail. After months of building ag...2h ago·6 min read
htekdev.hashnode.devTest Enforcement Architecture for AI Agents: When You Make the AI Build Its Own GuardrailsThe Chat Feature That Worked on the First Try I shipped a new chat sub-command for ShipClip (the newly-renamed VidPipe) last week. The feature worked perfectly on the first iteration. Not "mostly worked." Not "worked after three debugging sessions." ...2h ago·8 min read
htekdev.hashnode.devGitHub Copilot Plan Mode vs Custom AI Agents: A Surprising DiscoveryI set out to write an article about recent VS Code updates using my custom article-writing agent. What happened next caught me completely off guard — and taught me an important lesson about when to build custom AI solutions and when to just get out o...2h ago·6 min read
htekdev.hashnode.devThe Complete Guide to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio: Every Feature, Every Shortcut, Every PatternMost Developers Are Stuck in First Gear Here's a stat that should bother you: GitHub reports that developers accept roughly 30% of Copilot's suggestions. That means 70% of the time, the AI is generating something you reject. But here's the thing — ac...2h ago·19 min read