https://www.fredpope.com/blog Builder and investor in Colorado. Exploring the connections between software, business, and economics. Writing to think. en-us fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.fredpope.com/blog/architecture/design-patterns-in-action-agent-workflow https://www.fredpope.com/blog/architecture/design-patterns-in-action-agent-workflow A practical exploration of how classic software design patterns come together to create a flexible, human-in-the-loop agent workflow that monitors websites and automates social media posts. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) architecturedesign-patternsautomationaiagents https://www.fredpope.com/blog/automation/developing-your-models https://www.fredpope.com/blog/automation/developing-your-models Understanding how to develop and prompt your models is the challenge. Where do you start? The old process was to create a flow, but with models it's a bit different, it's about goals and guardrails. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) AIdevelopmentautomation https://www.fredpope.com/blog/automation/taw-expansion https://www.fredpope.com/blog/automation/taw-expansion Exploring the expansion of Tool-Augmented Workflows (TAW) and how they are revolutionizing the way we build software. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) automationaidevelopmentproductivity https://www.fredpope.com/blog/automation/tool-call-revolution https://www.fredpope.com/blog/automation/tool-call-revolution Examining the revolutionary impact of AI tool calling capabilities on modern software development practices. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) automationaitoolsdevelopmentproductivity https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/agentic-coding-future https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/agentic-coding-future Research suggests microservices may be more suitable than monorepos for AI coding tools, especially with large projects, due to LLM context window limitations. Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) developmentproductivityaiautomation https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/building-self-driving-entities https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/building-self-driving-entities A practical blueprint for agentic systems that act, learn, and adapt - going beyond assistants that answer to entities that operate. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) aiagentsarchitectureautomationengineering https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/change-management-that-sticks https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/change-management-that-sticks Fixing these broken systems requires significant remediation.. Most change initiatives fail—not because of technical challenges, but because of how we manage the human side of change. Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) developmentproductivityaiautomation https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/clean-code-is-the-best-context https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/clean-code-is-the-best-context When code explains itself, you dont need sprawling docs. This shrinks prompt/context size for AI agents, boosts retrieval precision, and reduces hallucinations. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) developmentproductivityaiautomationclean-codedocumentation https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/coding-without-if https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/coding-without-if Explore how eliminating conditional statements can lead to cleaner, more maintainable code through polymorphism, functional programming, and data-driven approaches. Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) developmentproductivityaiautomation https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/context-window-development-considerations https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/context-window-development-considerations Research suggests microservices may be more suitable than monorepos for AI coding tools, especially with large projects, due to LLM context window limitations. Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) developmentproductivityaiautomation https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/development-non-negotiables https://www.fredpope.com/blog/development/development-non-negotiables Explore the four non-negotiable principles that enable shipping 10,000 lines of code daily: rapid deployment, intense observability, rigorous testing, and living documentation. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT fred@fredpope.com (Fred Pope) developmentproductivityaiautomationdocumentation