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title: "Rick Fleming (@rickf) | Hashnode"
description: "Building Taskeract, a desktop AI coding workspace. Writing about agents, dev workflows, and what changes when your AI can actually think."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@rickf"
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@rickf

# Rick Fleming

@rickf · Peoria, USA · Joined March 2026

Building Taskeract, a desktop AI coding workspace. Writing about agents, dev workflows, and what changes when your AI can actually think.

### [Past the Worktree](https://taskeract.hashnode.dev/past-the-worktree?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If you have used a desktop AI coding tool in the last several months, you have probably noticed they all solve the same problem the same way. You start a session for a task. The app spins up an isolated copy of your repo. The agent runs there. When y...

11 min read · [taskeract.hashnode.dev](https://taskeract.hashnode.dev/past-the-worktree?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/past-the-worktree/69f180f3ba369ece7e3543f9)

### [The Shift That Already Happened](https://taskeract.hashnode.dev/the-shift-that-already-happened?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A year ago, if you wanted AI help writing code, you opened your editor and used whatever was built in. Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf. They've gotten genuinely capable. Agent modes that make multi-file changes, run commands, iterate on errors. These aren'...

6 min read · [taskeract.hashnode.dev](https://taskeract.hashnode.dev/the-shift-that-already-happened?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-shift-that-already-happened/69c5f22a2156400b0ad027c3)