Nate McMaster
@natemcmaster.bsky.social
AWS principal software engineer working on the networking stack behind the scenes for @awscloud.bsky.social
I’ve been coding since 2002. AI has changed the way I work and made me more effective.
My rules for AI coding: only delegate tasks I already know and could do myself—keep them small, break work into steps, and no autopilot.
natemcmaster.com/blog/2025/11...
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My rules for AI coding: only delegate tasks I already know and could do myself—keep them small, break work into steps, and no autopilot.
natemcmaster.com/blog/2025/11...
#coding #AI
How I use AI to code
Blog posts about software development, plus some other stuff.
natemcmaster.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’ve been coding since 2002. AI has changed the way I work and made me more effective.
My rules for AI coding: only delegate tasks I already know and could do myself—keep them small, break work into steps, and no autopilot.
natemcmaster.com/blog/2025/11...
#coding #AI
My rules for AI coding: only delegate tasks I already know and could do myself—keep them small, break work into steps, and no autopilot.
natemcmaster.com/blog/2025/11...
#coding #AI
I have decided to mark LettuceEncrypt as "archived". This makes the project read-only. I do not plan to do future work on the project.
If you wish to maintain a fork, I will add links in the README to reference any active projects.
github.com/natemcmaster...
If you wish to maintain a fork, I will add links in the README to reference any active projects.
github.com/natemcmaster...
Project status: archived, read-only · Issue #307 · natemcmaster/LettuceEncrypt
I have decided to archive this project. I was a sole maintainer of this project for 7 years. No others came forward to drive further activity. There has been relatively little progress in the last ...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I have decided to mark LettuceEncrypt as "archived". This makes the project read-only. I do not plan to do future work on the project.
If you wish to maintain a fork, I will add links in the README to reference any active projects.
github.com/natemcmaster...
If you wish to maintain a fork, I will add links in the README to reference any active projects.
github.com/natemcmaster...
The longer I work in software, the more I come to appreciate simple things. Things like short methods, one class per file, APIs that do 1 thing, .
The hard part is to break apart big complex problems into a collection of small simple ones.
The hard part is to break apart big complex problems into a collection of small simple ones.
December 8, 2024 at 8:24 PM
The longer I work in software, the more I come to appreciate simple things. Things like short methods, one class per file, APIs that do 1 thing, .
The hard part is to break apart big complex problems into a collection of small simple ones.
The hard part is to break apart big complex problems into a collection of small simple ones.
Hey, what's up Bluesky? I used to post from twitter.com/natemcmaster, but I might give this forum a try now. I didn't like the way my news feed was filled with either political doom or people selling stuff. Maybe this place will be better?
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December 6, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Hey, what's up Bluesky? I used to post from twitter.com/natemcmaster, but I might give this forum a try now. I didn't like the way my news feed was filled with either political doom or people selling stuff. Maybe this place will be better?