The newsletter for those who are curious about technology. Here you’ll find updates, tool reviews, and insights from an enthusiastic founder turned investor, who is always tinkering with new ideas.
Hello everyone,
I’ve just published a detailed guide on how to use coding agents without a technical background. The guide covers everything from key terms like “local” and “remote” to the step-by-step process for building and deploying projects. It includes tips on what to watch out for and an overview of what the system does, along with much more. You can bookmark it on Twitter, or check it out on the new site I developed, which features click-through explainers for technical terms that I believe are very helpful for learning. I’d love to hear your feedback!
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Droid can now analyze your repository to determine if it is suitable for agentic software development. You can initiate a readiness report with /readiness-report in your terminal, or view readiness across your organization within the app. There’s also an option to programmatically access reports via API, and it provides suggestions for both immediate and long-term improvements to enhance your workflow.
Claude has introduced a new constitution, now containing approximately 22.5k words, growing from the previous 2.5k words. This document guides Claude’s behavior during training and user interactions. The new constitution includes five main sections: being helpful, adhering to Anthropic’s guidelines, maintaining ethical standards, ensuring safety, and notes on Claude’s nature.
Students can now practice full SATs within the Gemini app, using content from Princeton University. Additionally, Gemini is partnering with Khan Academy to help students improve their writing skills.
OpenAI announced it will cover its own energy costs to prevent Stargate sites from raising local electricity bills. In other news from OpenAI: ChatGPT will deduct 4% from Shopify merchant sales, and it plans to charge advertisers on a per-view basis for ads in the Free and Go plans.
AssemblyAI provides a single API for developing voice AI applications. It offers accurate speech-to-text capabilities, speaker identification, and real-time transcription all on one platform. No infrastructure management is required, and it features pay-as-you-go pricing. Try it out with 330+ free hours.*
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Scroll.ai – Thousands of businesses trust Scroll to automate knowledge workflows across various documentation types, RFPs, and agency tasks.*
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Devin and Linear are both creating modern user interfaces for code reviews. Linear has a waitlist, while Devin’s product is currently free to use.
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Craft Agents – Engage with agents in a user interface that extends beyond just coding. (learn more — open-source repository)
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Tucuento – An interactive storytelling application designed for parents and children to co-create stories.
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Agentation: Provide visual feedback to agents. Click on elements, add comments, and copy markdown. npm i agentation.
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Remotion has introduced Agent Skills – Create videos exclusively with Claude Code.
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Open Claude Cowork – A desktop chat application powered by the Claude Agent SDK and Composio.
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nlsh – Converts plain English into shell commands.
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mviz – Generates aesthetically pleasing charts and reports for ad hoc analysis.
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The VS Code extension for Claude Code is now widely available, offering a user experience that matches the command-line interface more closely with file references, slash commands, and additional features.
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Stitch MCP Server – You can now export your designs from Stitch (Google’s AI design tool) to your preferred coding agent. (watch the demo video)
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Mastra 1.0 – A TypeScript framework for developing agents with a stable API.
That wraps up today’s newsletter. I welcome your comments and thoughts. 👋
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