Dave Potts

My friend Geraldine is running for #manchestermayor
Greens name councillor as Greater Manchester mayor candidate - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c892e0ylw30o

#manchester

What do we think about handwritten blogs?

https://davepotts.software/development/2026/06/19/handwritten-blogs.html

The weather forecast for #manchester for my Monday commute is cold enough to put my thermal top back on. Surely a software glitch?

I'm going to give this a go...

Using AI to write better code more slowly https://nolanlawson.com/2026/05/25/using-ai-to-write-better-code-more-slowly/

@nolan@toot.cafe

via @wallabagapp

#llms #programming

My battle to make #llm coding agents follow #tdd continued today. By including the instruction to code like @kentbeck@hachyderm.io I've made some headway. Today the LLM hit a new level:

1. Write a test.
2. Run the test and show me it fails.
...

3. Edit the *test code* so the tests now pass.
4. Declare done with no product code updated.

Sigh.

Thought provoking essay on how LLM skills moves the language selection from Python to Rust.

@NMitchem@medium.com

#python #rust #llm

I have been working to find an alternative to GitHub Copilot for LLM agent coding on my mobile. With Mistral releasing their remote agents, that is now possible.

The flow I have got working for me is:

1. Create an issue in GitHub
2.Start a new Mistral coding session at chat.mistral.ai/chat
3. Ask Le Chat to fix the GitHub issue, pasting in the link
4. Review the resulting PR. Either send feedback to Le Chat, or merge

#mistralai

https://davepotts.software/development/2026/05/05/mistral-llm-agent-works-as-github-copilot-replacement.html

This is a really good read for any developer wanting to learn some llm techniques.

Agentic Engineering Patterns - Simon Willison's Weblog https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/?featured_on=pythonbytes via @wallabagapp

Massive love out to @kentbeck@hachyderm.io . You are an inspiration and so much of what I believe about #programming comes from your work.

https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/parkinsons

#extremeprogramming #XP