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Sunday 25 October
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Clean AI Code Is an Illusion
The video asks whether code quality still matters when AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex write code. Referencing a talk by software engineer Max Kanat-Alexander, it argues that quality tools like tests, debuggers and monitoring exist to help developers understand and safely change a system, and that weak structure accumulates technical debt that makes every later change riskier. It reviews analyses from Wiz, SonarSource, Endor Labs, Veracode and the Software Improvement Group, which agree that today's models reliably produce syntactically correct and functional code, but that security and maintainability stay weak—AI-generated code reportedly has about twice as many security vulnerabilities as human-written code and degrades as codebases grow.
Tuesday 20 October
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Developing macOS Apps with AI: Complete Guide (2026)
In this guide, content creator Alex Sprogis explains how he built a personal macOS menu bar app that monitors system performance and helps free up hard drive storage, using AI coding agents. He walks through his structured process: first drafting a product briefing that defines the target audience, platform, features, and what to exclude (since coding agents tend to overengineer), then creating a visual prototype in Claude Design (claude.ai/design) to lock in the app's look before coding, and finally having a coding agent implement the app using specifications to keep the agent organized on larger projects. He recommends native Swift development with Xcode for accessing OS system functions, and mentions using Claude Code, Cursor, and ChatGPT/Codex as coding agents.
Tuesday 13 October
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How to Use REA to Copy Any App in Minutes (Reverse Engineer Anything)
Alex Sprogis's video explains REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), an open-source MCP server for reverse engineering binaries, applications, and runtime behavior, which gained over 120,000 GitHub stars within days. REA acts as a bridge between a coding agent and analysis tools/decompilers such as Ghidra, IDA, and Hopper, using its own analyses for JavaScript/Electron apps and Chrome for websites. The creator tested REA on an Electron-based dictation app (where AI contributed little and the MCP analysis timed out after 30 minutes, while the command line took 5 minutes) and on macOS Reminders (where AI found the data model, permissions, and functional areas, though core logic in shared macOS memory was inaccessible). The video includes a legal disclaimer against copying code one-to-one, circumventing licenses, or manipulating apps. It also references Brandon Thomas's open-source Photoshop clone, Photocraft, and replicas of other Adobe programs.
Wednesday 7 October
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T3 Code: FINALLY a control center for ALL your coding agents (Open Source!)
T3 Code is a free, open-source 'agent harness control service'—a control center for coding agents—created by developer Theo Brown. Available as a desktop, web, and mobile app, it unifies multiple coding agents and models (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok, Antigravity, Open Code, and GitHub Copilot) into one interface, letting users switch between agents mid-conversation and manage parallel sessions. It runs on the official Claude Code CLI, so it can be used with existing subscriptions. The app auto-detects subscriptions, supports Git, GitLab, and Azure DevOps, and offers features like diffs, an integrated browser, and pull request management. It runs with full access by default but can be switched to auto mode to block destructive commands.
Monday 28 September
VideoAlex Sprogis
Opus 5.5: Web Design Is FINALLY Fun Again (No More AI Slop!)
The video explains how to build websites that no longer look like AI-generated 'slop' using Claude Opus 5.5 (released by Anthropic and described as leading benchmarks). The presenter follows a structured four-step workflow across five example projects: a SaaS landing page, two e-commerce sites, an agency website, and a creative hobby project. Step one is collecting inspiration from web-design platforms such as Dribbble, Pinterest, Awwwards (nominated top-quality sites) and the paid Mobbin (which offers an MCP server with 6000 interface/website examples). Step two is generating a full design system via claude.ai/design, feeding in project descriptions, existing code, Figma references or uploaded assets. The presenter also mentions using license-free asset libraries like Lottie. The final step uses JavaScript libraries GSAP and Three.js to add 3D objects, cameras, lighting/shadow simulation, scroll animations and product configurators, turning sites into 'digital experiences'. Cookiebot is mentioned as a cookie-consent tool.