Matt Florence
@mattflo.com
AI Engineer 🤖 ⌨️ 🚀 Outdoor Adventure Junkie ⛰️ ⛷️ ⛺
I've completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/8 #AdventOfCode Whee!
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I've completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/8 #AdventOfCode Whee!
I've completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 #AdventOfCode Definitely the hardest so far.
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 #AdventOfCode Definitely the hardest so far.
I've completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I've completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
I've completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 #AdventOfCode
Thankfully the optimization I implemented to get partA to work, also worked beautifully for partB.
Thankfully the optimization I implemented to get partA to work, also worked beautifully for partB.
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 #AdventOfCode
Thankfully the optimization I implemented to get partA to work, also worked beautifully for partB.
Thankfully the optimization I implemented to get partA to work, also worked beautifully for partB.
I've completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
After day 3 part 2, was happy to find both parts of day 4 a bit easier.
After day 3 part 2, was happy to find both parts of day 4 a bit easier.
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I've completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
After day 3 part 2, was happy to find both parts of day 4 a bit easier.
After day 3 part 2, was happy to find both parts of day 4 a bit easier.
I've completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I've completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I've completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I've completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
I've completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I've completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Chunk windowing is an incredibly simple context engineering technique that can improve the quality of augmented replies while keeping your costs predictable.
blog.promptworks.io/improve-rag-...
blog.promptworks.io/improve-rag-...
Improve RAG with a simple technique - Prompt Works
Chunk windowing is an incredibly simple context engineering technique that can improve the quality of augmented replies while keeping your costs predictable.
blog.promptworks.io
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Chunk windowing is an incredibly simple context engineering technique that can improve the quality of augmented replies while keeping your costs predictable.
blog.promptworks.io/improve-rag-...
blog.promptworks.io/improve-rag-...
I don't tend to re-use prompts often, but here's one that's handy:
Take a look through the changes on this branch. Summarize them. Highlight any issues.
`git diff origin/main...HEAD`
Take a look through the changes on this branch. Summarize them. Highlight any issues.
`git diff origin/main...HEAD`
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don't tend to re-use prompts often, but here's one that's handy:
Take a look through the changes on this branch. Summarize them. Highlight any issues.
`git diff origin/main...HEAD`
Take a look through the changes on this branch. Summarize them. Highlight any issues.
`git diff origin/main...HEAD`
The key to healthy code is the same for our bodies -> exercise. How early and how often do you run your code?
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The key to healthy code is the same for our bodies -> exercise. How early and how often do you run your code?
I thoroughly enjoyed this long form podcast with a legend in the industry, Rich Sutton.
> Large language models are trying to get by without having a goal or a sense of better or worse.
www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-su...
> Large language models are trying to get by without having a goal or a sense of better or worse.
www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-su...
Richard Sutton – Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end
Watch now (66 mins) | LLMs aren’t Bitter-Lesson-pilled
www.dwarkesh.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed this long form podcast with a legend in the industry, Rich Sutton.
> Large language models are trying to get by without having a goal or a sense of better or worse.
www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-su...
> Large language models are trying to get by without having a goal or a sense of better or worse.
www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-su...
Finally tried Gemma 3. Impressive all around and really happy with its vision capabilities. This is the 12b model running locally with Ollama and LibreChat. I'm getting a zippy 32 tokens/s on my M3 Max. Who else is going to the AI Engineer World's fair next week?
May 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Finally tried Gemma 3. Impressive all around and really happy with its vision capabilities. This is the 12b model running locally with Ollama and LibreChat. I'm getting a zippy 32 tokens/s on my M3 Max. Who else is going to the AI Engineer World's fair next week?
The best agent tool is just an agent with all its autonomy removed.
May 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The best agent tool is just an agent with all its autonomy removed.
It’s still a difficult world in which to be relentlessly data driven.
May 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s still a difficult world in which to be relentlessly data driven.
@anthropic.com's Claude Desktop almost always searches the web now. So annoying! A lot of the time, I’d like the answer based on information in the model's weights. Agents just wanna call tools! #AIUXFail
May 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@anthropic.com's Claude Desktop almost always searches the web now. So annoying! A lot of the time, I’d like the answer based on information in the model's weights. Agents just wanna call tools! #AIUXFail
Whee! LibreChat now has special variable expansion in prompts/agent instructions to support things like `{current_date}` github.com/danny-avila/...
🗓️ feat: Add Special Variables for Prompts & Agents, Prompt UI Improvements by danny-avila · Pull Request #7123 · danny-avila/LibreChat
Summary
Closes #4712
Closes #5007
Added replaceSpecialVars to consistently process variables on frontend/backend, using dayjs for date handling
Extended variable support in prompts and agent instr...
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April 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Whee! LibreChat now has special variable expansion in prompts/agent instructions to support things like `{current_date}` github.com/danny-avila/...
There’s an art to knowing which corners to cut.
April 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
There’s an art to knowing which corners to cut.
See how my AI powered software development has evolved over the last 2 years.
blog.promptworks.io/ai-powered-s...
blog.promptworks.io/ai-powered-s...
Is All AI Powered Software Development Vibe Coding? - Prompt Works
So, vibe coding is a thing now. Ok then, what does AI powered software engineering look like? How is it different from vibe coding?
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April 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
See how my AI powered software development has evolved over the last 2 years.
blog.promptworks.io/ai-powered-s...
blog.promptworks.io/ai-powered-s...
Intent detection is still difficult. I'm tired of always having to say "use artifacts".
April 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Intent detection is still difficult. I'm tired of always having to say "use artifacts".
Yesterday I explained what wardriving and a cantenna are to some college students. 🤣 You know - the things I did for fun when I was in college...
April 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yesterday I explained what wardriving and a cantenna are to some college students. 🤣 You know - the things I did for fun when I was in college...
LLMs mimic humans too well. When I give agents autonomy to write more code on their own they tend to make the same mistakes. They over engineer solutions before we prove there's any real value for the software to offer.
April 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
LLMs mimic humans too well. When I give agents autonomy to write more code on their own they tend to make the same mistakes. They over engineer solutions before we prove there's any real value for the software to offer.
I put together a list of my favorite tools and services with brief descriptions. Are any of these in your daily use toolkit? What are your favorites that aren't on my list?
blog.promptworks.io/my-favorite-...
blog.promptworks.io/my-favorite-...
My Current Go-To Tools and Services - Prompt Works
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April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I put together a list of my favorite tools and services with brief descriptions. Are any of these in your daily use toolkit? What are your favorites that aren't on my list?
blog.promptworks.io/my-favorite-...
blog.promptworks.io/my-favorite-...
I've been enjoying the new agent mode in Cursor. There's definitely something here beyond just vibe coding. Not sure exactly what to call it. "Pairing With A Robot" maybe?
April 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I've been enjoying the new agent mode in Cursor. There's definitely something here beyond just vibe coding. Not sure exactly what to call it. "Pairing With A Robot" maybe?
Manage your local notes and/or config file git repo with ease with one of my favorite new use cases for Local No-Code MCP Agents - The Home Directory Git Repo Agent.
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blog.promptworks.io/local-no-cod...
Local No-Code MCP Agents - Prompt Works
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March 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Manage your local notes and/or config file git repo with ease with one of my favorite new use cases for Local No-Code MCP Agents - The Home Directory Git Repo Agent.
blog.promptworks.io/local-no-cod...
blog.promptworks.io/local-no-cod...