Make your AI agent state its assumptions
AI agents invent plausible premises and write confident code on top of them. Here is the config rule that forces the assumptions into the file first.
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Notes from the journey.
Linux workflows, scientific computing alongside AI, small open-source tools, and notes from the PhD. Posts arrive when they're ready, not on a schedule.
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Make your AI agent's rules executable, not just documented
A documented rule your AI coding agent keeps overlooking is a rule you should make executable. Here is why a lint-style hook on every edit fixes it for good.
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Why AI sent me back to paper
The more work I hand to AI agents, the more notepads I use up. On the bottleneck moving from doing to deciding, and how paper became the overflow buffer.
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Give your AI coding agent a memory between sessions
Two plain-text files and a session-end ritual let a fresh Claude Code session pick up weeks-long research work in minutes, with nothing re-explained.
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Floating-point multiplication is not associative
Seven copies of one formula, a refactor gated on bit-identical output, and the floating-point fact that (a*b)*c and a*(b*c) are different numbers.
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One blog system, four sites
I built one blog-writing system for four websites in an afternoon. The bottleneck was never writing, it was that every side project's blog dies after post two.
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The test that passed for months was lying
A GPU kernel test stayed green for months while proving nothing. On out-of-bounds reads that return garbage, and why test order is worth fuzzing.
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Centralising your plot style: one shared theme file to rule them all
Stop copy-pasting plot styling code across every script. Here's how to extract your theme into a single shared file - whether you're working in Julia, Python, or R.
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Can Wayland Run Without a Compositor?
I started my Linux journey on a distro that used Wayland by default.At the time, I didn’t know what X11 even was, and honestly, I didn’t care. Everything just worked.
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Linux Basics Without the Overwhelm: A 7-Stop Beginner’s Roadmap
I felt like I was constantly asking:“Where do people actually learn this stuff?”
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Why Wayland Is Better for Mixed-Resolution Monitors on Linux
Have you ever connected a 4K and a 1080p monitor to your Linux system and noticed apps look… weird? Maybe one window is way too tiny, while another looks blurry or stretched out of proportion?
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Remote Desktop on Linux. Proven Solutions for Wayland Users.
It turns out, Wayland’s lack of network transparency has made remote desktop on Linux a bit more complicated, but don’t worry—we have some solid solutions!
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Starting with Linux? Here's What My First Experience Was Really Like
If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of learning something new—especially something as seemingly intimidating as starting with Linux—then you're definitely not alone.
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Welcome to My Physics PhD Journey: From Finance to Physics and Everything in Between.
Hi everyone! 👋 I’m Julia Frank, and I’m thrilled to welcome you to my blog. This space is where I’ll be sharing my experiences, insights, and sometimes, my struggles, as I navigate the fascinating wo…