Kevin's Garden

On Building your own Lobster Trap→

Javascript Fatigue and Frontend Systems→

Navigating the ever-changing landscape of JavaScript frameworks and building frontend systems that last.

Designing Backend Systems To Wake You Up at 3AM→

What goes wrong in backend architecture that leads to 3AM pages, and how to design systems that let you sleep.

Scaling AI Systems That Accelerate Your Burn Rate→

The hidden costs of scaling AI infrastructure and how to keep your GPU bills from bankrupting your startup.

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Learn the Golden Rule of ML Systems with Me→

Why data quality is the single most important factor in machine learning, and how to get it right.

Stitching the Monster: How I Made My Own Codex→

A deep dive into building a Codex-like coding agent from scratch — the architecture, the mistakes, and the lessons learned.

Make Your Own Claude Code→

How to build your own CLI coding assistant inspired by Claude Code — from terminal UI to tool use to agentic loops.

Oh My RAG!→

A practical guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation — from embeddings and vector stores to production-ready RAG pipelines.

How to Make Your Own Agent→

A step-by-step guide to building AI agents — from simple ReAct loops to multi-tool autonomous systems.

The Developer's Guide to the MCP Protocol→

Everything you need to know about the Model Context Protocol — how it works, how to build MCP servers, and why it matters.

Better Safe Than Sorry: Locking Down Your Agentic Lobster→

Security patterns for AI agents — sandboxing, permission models, and making sure your agent doesn't go rogue.

Upskill Your Agent Skill→

Advanced techniques for making AI agents more capable — better prompting, tool design, memory, and evaluation.

Another AI Coding Agent is Dead. Long Live Agents w/ Plan/Act Modes (Cline)→

A deep dive into Cline — the open-source AI coding agent that lives in VS Code and autonomously writes, edits, and runs code.

My Vibe Coding Engineering Team is here (RooCode)→

Exploring RooCode — how it works, what makes it different, and where it fits in the growing landscape of AI coding tools.

AIDER was an Innovator in the Adoption Curve→

How AIDER brings AI pair programming to the command line — editing files, running tests, and committing changes with natural language.

Other AI Tools Worth Knowing→

A roundup of AI coding tools beyond the big names — Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Devin, and the rest of the rapidly evolving landscape.