From Vibe Coding to Engineering: Using AI as Agile Assistance
Vibe coding — prompt, accept, ship — is an easy habit to fall into. Here's how to use AI agents as agile assistance instead, under the specs, reviews, and engineering ownership that make code last.
Building Your AI Coding Behavior Layer: Skills, Hooks, and Auto-Loaded Rules
Stop re-typing rules into your AI agent each session. Make skills and behavior persist automatically in Claude Code and Qwen Code — set once, enforced always.
Tokens are dollars and cache-miss penalties. A four-layer strategy to cut AI coding agent token usage 75%+ across Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and Aider.
AI Coding CLI Workflow: From Prompt Chaos to Engineering Rigor
AI CLIs like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Cursor accelerate delivery, but they default to happy-path code. Here's the workflow I use to wrap them in production-grade engineering discipline.