https://jasonrobert.dev/Recent content in Home on Jason RobertHugoen-usWed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-07-29-when-the-agent-shouldnt-run-on-your-laptop/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-07-29-when-the-agent-shouldnt-run-on-your-laptop/Conductor's new experimental aca provider moves an agent's execution loop into a throwaway Azure container, so the orchestration you own stays on your machine and the model-driven shell doesn't.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-07-27-when-models-become-a-commodity/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-07-27-when-models-become-a-commodity/Models are getting easier to swap out, which makes them a weaker advantage on their own. The part I actually own is the tooling and process around them, configured as a workflow.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-06-18-skill-rot-is-real/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-06-18-skill-rot-is-real/When the agent does the typing, your fundamentals quietly atrophy. Why it happens now, and the habits I'm using to stay sharp.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-06-04-why-cant-we-agree-on-a-plugin-format/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-06-04-why-cant-we-agree-on-a-plugin-format/A small template repo for authoring AI coding plugins in a tool-agnostic format and transpiling them into Claude Code, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, and Codex bundles.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-04-17-growing-engineers-in-the-age-of-ai/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-04-17-growing-engineers-in-the-age-of-ai/AI changed how we write code, but it didn't change what makes a great engineer. Early-in-career engineers need mentorship more than ever, and spec-driven development is one of the best ways to provide it.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-04-10-the-skills-that-matter-now/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-04-10-the-skills-that-matter-now/AI changed what engineers spend their time on. The skills that separate engineers who thrive from those still catching up.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-22-structuring-an-ai-assisted-development-team/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-22-structuring-an-ai-assisted-development-team/What changes about team structure and project planning when coding is no longer the bottleneck.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-21-patterns-for-ai-assisted-development/Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-21-patterns-for-ai-assisted-development/A practical guide for matching the right level of AI assistance to the right task, from one-shot edits to multi-agent workflows.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-20-introducing-an-ai-agent-workflow-conductor/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-20-introducing-an-ai-agent-workflow-conductor/An open-source CLI for orchestrating multi-agent AI workflows with YAML — where the orchestrator isn't an LLM.https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-19-hello-world/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jasonrobert.dev/blog/2026-03-19-hello-world/Introducing jasonrobert.dev, a new home for my writing on AI tooling, distributed systems, and software engineering.