The problematic path of least resistance for coding agents
How AI coding agents often treat symptoms instead of root causes, leading to technical debt. Some preventative measures to ship better code.
October 3 / 4 min read
Hey
I'm Eric, currently working on the future of developer tooling at Cursor.
My days are spent thinking about how developer experience evolves in an AI-native world, what great UX feels like with AI, and tinkering on various projects.
Writing
Autumn 2024
Using query intent to boost retrieval results
Enhance your retrieval systems by determining user query intent and tailoring search strategies accordingly.
October 13 / 4 min read
18 observations from using Cursor for 6+ months
My experience with Cursor over the last 6+ months on what works, what doesn't, and what I'm still figuring out
October 12 / 6 min read
Building RAG with Postgres
A step by step guide to building a RAG system with Postgres
September 19 / 11 min read
Summer 2024
Postgres as a search engine
Build a retrieval system with semantic, full-text, and fuzzy search in Postgres to be used as a backbone in RAG pipelines.
August 19 / 15 min read
How we systematically analyze user feedback with LLMs
A walkthrough of how we built an LLM-powered system to analyze user feedback at Qualtive. From planning to implementation, including our successes, failures, and unexpected challenges.
July 21 / 18 min read
The idea of internal no-code platforms
What if we let LLMs orchestrate technical primitives & templates when building software?
June 29 / 9 min read
Postgres is all you need, even for vectors
Exploring the versatility of Postgres for vector storage and querying with pgvector
June 15 / 5 min read
Avoid the copilot pause
Tips to maximize coding flow and minimize distractions when working with coding copilots
June 7 / 6 min read
How I became 3x more productive in 30 minutes with Cursor
How Cursor made me more productive and kept my flow state alive
June 2 / 6 min read