Engineer-Led, AI-Assisted: A Practical Workflow for Building Software

Nathan Pickard describes an engineer-led, AI-assisted software workflow covering planning, development, testing, code review, and context management—arguing AI depends on engineering judgment rather than replacing it.

Tutorial · AI · Software Engineering · AI Agents · Developer Tools

A deep dive into Ponytail

Flavio Copes explains Ponytail, a plugin that stops coding agents from over-engineering: how it works, how to install it in ChatGPT, Codex, and Claude Code, intensity settings, and a practical workflow for keeping agent-built features small.

Tutorial · AI · AI Agents · Programming · Productivity

Creating and Using Code Snippets in Xcode

A practical tutorial on Xcode code snippets—creating reusable Swift/SwiftUI templates with placeholders, completion shortcuts, and tips for organizing snippets you type repeatedly.

Tutorial · Programming · Education · Productivity

Better Icon and Label AlignmentAligning list icons when labels wrap to multiple lines.

There is a common design pattern that sometimes gets missed or overlooked. It’s having a list of items, each with an icon. When the text is one line, the icon is centered, but when the text has multiple lines, the icon is still centered but looks odd.

Tutorial · Programming · Productivity · CSS

Mastering Layout Engines in Graphviz: Dot vs Neato vs Twopi vs Circo

Compare Graphviz layout engines Dot, Neato, Twopi, and Circo — when each shines, how overlaps happen, and how to pick an algorithm for readable architecture diagrams.

Tutorial · Programming · Productivity · Web Development

AI-generated posters don’t have to be horribleA practical workflow for event posters that don’t look like every other AI flyer

John Hartnup shows how to stop AI event posters looking identical: constrain composition, type, and color with concrete prompts and layout rules so the result still looks designed rather than generically generated.

Tutorial · AI · Design · Productivity · User Experience