{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Larry Hudson","home_page_url":"https://larryhudson.io/","feed_url":"https://larryhudson.io/excerpts.json","description":"Software engineer at CO2 AI, figuring out how engineering teams actually work with AI.","user_comment":"Larry Hudson JSON feed (full articles)","authors":[{"name":"Larry Hudson","url":"https://larryhudson.io/"}],"language":"en","icon":"https://larryhudson.io/icon-192.png","favicon":"https://larryhudson.io/icon-512.png","items":[{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/fiona-fung-manager-of-the-claude-code-and-cowork-teams-on-lennys-podcast/","url":"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-the-most-ai-pilled-engineering","external_url":"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-the-most-ai-pilled-engineering","title":"Fiona Fung (manager of the Claude Code and Cowork teams) on Lenny’s Podcast","date_published":"2026-06-28T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Really thought-provoking interview, and great to hear how the Claude Code team is dealing with challenges that come with AI engineering. Anthropic and OpenAI have the advantage of unlimited tokens, but are worth paying attention to as they point towards the future of how software teams build.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/fiona-fung-manager-of-the-claude-code-and-cowork-teams-on-lennys-podcast/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/stop-taking-tickets-start-applying-jobs-theory/","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAzvoOkA70c","external_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAzvoOkA70c","title":"Stop Taking Tickets, Start Applying Jobs Theory","date_published":"2026-06-21T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;A useful lens for engineers to apply when scoping a piece of work - based on the work of Clayton Christensen. Going to try this out!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/stop-taking-tickets-start-applying-jobs-theory/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/some-things-ive-learned-recently-running-coding-agents-on-large-scale-projects/","url":"http://x.com/simonlast/status/2057978156183957995","external_url":"http://x.com/simonlast/status/2057978156183957995","title":"Some things I’ve learned recently running coding agents on large-scale projects","date_published":"2026-06-20T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Need to try following this advice!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/some-things-ive-learned-recently-running-coding-agents-on-large-scale-projects/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/most-software-engineers-are-facing-an-identity-crisis-bordering-on-depression/","url":"https://x.com/deedydas/status/2068238634600554699","external_url":"https://x.com/deedydas/status/2068238634600554699","title":"Most software engineers are facing an identity crisis bordering on depression.","date_published":"2026-06-20T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Most software engineers are facing an identity crisis bordering on depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/most-software-engineers-are-facing-an-identity-crisis-bordering-on-depression/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/loop-engineering/","url":"https://x.com/addyosmani/article/2064127981161959567","external_url":"https://x.com/addyosmani/article/2064127981161959567","title":"Loop Engineering","date_published":"2026-06-20T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Great overview on setting up automatic AI workflows. A good nudge for us to stop babysitting agents so that we can spend more time where we actually add value.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/loop-engineering/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/learn-anything-with-the-teach-skill/","url":"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5T5oQJcJ6U&amp;ra=m","external_url":"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5T5oQJcJ6U&amp;ra=m","title":"Learn anything with the /teach skill","date_published":"2026-06-20T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Matt Pocock is the king of agent skills right now. This video itself is a great piece of teaching about how to make skills, and the skill itself looks great! I’m going to try to learn how LLM inference works with this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/learn-anything-with-the-teach-skill/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers-and-wont/","url":"https://www.normaltech.ai/p/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers","external_url":"https://www.normaltech.ai/p/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers","title":"Why AI hasn&#39;t replaced software engineers, and won&#39;t","date_published":"2026-06-15T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t — a good, level-headed read.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers-and-wont/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/reading/ai-enthusiasts-and-skeptics-are-running-different-races/","url":"https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against","external_url":"https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusiasts-are-in-a-race-against","title":"AI enthusiasts and skeptics are running different races","date_published":"2026-06-05T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy by Charity Majors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/reading/ai-enthusiasts-and-skeptics-are-running-different-races/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/building/minimise-complexity-a-claude-code-skill-for-keeping-code-simple/","url":"https://github.com/larryhudson/minimise-complexity","external_url":"https://github.com/larryhudson/minimise-complexity","title":"minimise-complexity: a Claude Code skill for keeping code simple","date_published":"2026-06-04T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;Agents are great at writing code, and especially good at small, well-scoped tasks. The catch is they tend to focus on the task right in front of them, not the wider system or how maintainable it will be in a year. They’re good at adding things and not so good at simplifying, so they happily pile on complexity we have to live with later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/building/minimise-complexity-a-claude-code-skill-for-keeping-code-simple/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"},{"id":"https://larryhudson.io/building/email-assistant-an-ai-assistant-you-talk-to-over-email/","url":"https://github.com/larryhudson/email-assistant","external_url":"https://github.com/larryhudson/email-assistant","title":"email-assistant: an AI assistant you talk to over email","date_published":"2026-05-31T00:00:00Z","language":"","content_html":"&lt;p&gt;An AI assistant you talk to entirely over email — you send it a message, it does the work in its own sandbox, and it emails you back. This one started small but turned into a project I’m really proud of.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://larryhudson.io/building/email-assistant-an-ai-assistant-you-talk-to-over-email/&quot;&gt;Keep reading on Larry Hudson →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"}]}