Agentic frameworks are dime a dozen, agents are LLMs calling tools in a loop, and absolutely the hardest part about working on agentic frameworks is resisting the urge to overcomplicate things.
Category Archives: Automattic
Digital Immortality and the puzzling humanity
Will your soul get stuck in an LLM?
Prompt hacking is Oxygen
If Communication is Oxygen, and Prompt hacking is essentially communication, then… 1: Communication is Oxygen At Automattic, we like to say that communication is the oxygen of a distributed company. Why is that exactly? For remote work to work, you have to provide sufficient context so your coworkers are on the same page. They cannotContinue reading “Prompt hacking is Oxygen”
The AIKEA Effect
Just like the IKEA Effect, but for the AI products. Try not to overenginner when working with LLMs.
Adding ChatGPT to your Slack DIY
I just deployed ChatGPT as a Slackbot at Automattic, and let me tell you: it’s so much better and cheaper than the ChatGPT App.
Managing time as a manager
Artur gets interviewed about his time management as Team Lead.
Great career advice
In the 80th issue of my newsletter I share great Career advice gathered from around the web.
Running Tumblr on WooCommerce
Tumblr has recently released features for creators to earn a living with their art. Whenever you turn those features on, we provision an entire WordPress site, with WooCommerce (and WooCommerce Payments) plugins to facilitate billing. This post explains why (in case it’s not obvious).
Ups and downs of parenting
In the Deliberate Internet 75, I explain that it’s hard to talk about the joys of parenting, trading money and time and the company I work for – Automattic.
Why do remote companies do meetups?
People need relationships and trust to work effectively. This face-to-face time pays dividends for the entire year. Plus, it’s a ton of fun.