Andrei Onel
@onel.bsky.social
Founder askmanu, helping companies document their code base
That's such a wholesome thing. Any plans for future print runs?
December 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That's such a wholesome thing. Any plans for future print runs?
I think dropping a complete documentation website for a repository in one go is too much for any team to assess.
Dev teams should still be in control of what their coding agent does, but as the models become better, agents will start having a more active role with their contributions 🚀
Dev teams should still be in control of what their coding agent does, but as the models become better, agents will start having a more active role with their contributions 🚀
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I think dropping a complete documentation website for a repository in one go is too much for any team to assess.
Dev teams should still be in control of what their coding agent does, but as the models become better, agents will start having a more active role with their contributions 🚀
Dev teams should still be in control of what their coding agent does, but as the models become better, agents will start having a more active role with their contributions 🚀
What I’ve learned from building askmanu is not overwhelming the reviewer is one of the most important parts of the developer experience. When askmanu creates new documentation it only does it 1 file at a time. This makes reviewing easy and focused on a small set of changes 🔎
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What I’ve learned from building askmanu is not overwhelming the reviewer is one of the most important parts of the developer experience. When askmanu creates new documentation it only does it 1 file at a time. This makes reviewing easy and focused on a small set of changes 🔎
The pace and the size of the proposed changes are really important.
The risk is to not turn devs into just review tools, so there is a balance to be struck there.
The risk is to not turn devs into just review tools, so there is a balance to be struck there.
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The pace and the size of the proposed changes are really important.
The risk is to not turn devs into just review tools, so there is a balance to be struck there.
The risk is to not turn devs into just review tools, so there is a balance to be struck there.
Once an AI agent pro-actively finds obvious improvements AND goes ahead and implements those, a developer would only need to review the changes and merge the PR.
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Once an AI agent pro-actively finds obvious improvements AND goes ahead and implements those, a developer would only need to review the changes and merge the PR.
Even with the AI agents we have today we are still limited by how often a developer interacts with it. How often it asks for changes from it and how long it takes for those changes to be reviewed in order to by of high enough quality.
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Even with the AI agents we have today we are still limited by how often a developer interacts with it. How often it asks for changes from it and how long it takes for those changes to be reviewed in order to by of high enough quality.
I think the real value of AI agents will come when they will start discovering the gaps of a technical team (not enough tests, not enough documentation, etc) and pro-actively propose solutions.
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I think the real value of AI agents will come when they will start discovering the gaps of a technical team (not enough tests, not enough documentation, etc) and pro-actively propose solutions.
She went over how Jules (their AI coding assistant) works, how it understands code bases, its abilities, etc. but the most interesting part of the talk was where AI coding agents are headed: pro-active mode
This resonated deeply with me because it's exactly what we've built at @askmanu.bsky.social
This resonated deeply with me because it's exactly what we've built at @askmanu.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
She went over how Jules (their AI coding assistant) works, how it understands code bases, its abilities, etc. but the most interesting part of the talk was where AI coding agents are headed: pro-active mode
This resonated deeply with me because it's exactly what we've built at @askmanu.bsky.social
This resonated deeply with me because it's exactly what we've built at @askmanu.bsky.social
More of my thoughts here
anonel.substack.com/p/europe-is-...
anonel.substack.com/p/europe-is-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More of my thoughts here
anonel.substack.com/p/europe-is-...
anonel.substack.com/p/europe-is-...
I encourage people to install it from there:
Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/conse...
Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
Safari: apps.apple.com/gb/app/conse...
Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/conse...
Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
Safari: apps.apple.com/gb/app/conse...
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I encourage people to install it from there:
Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/conse...
Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
Safari: apps.apple.com/gb/app/conse...
Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/conse...
Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
Safari: apps.apple.com/gb/app/conse...
But you don’t have to wait for the change in law to take advantage of that.
There’s already a way: the Consent-O-Matic browser extension.
You can choose the level of tracking that you are comfortable with and the extension automatically chooses that inside cookie banners.
There’s already a way: the Consent-O-Matic browser extension.
You can choose the level of tracking that you are comfortable with and the extension automatically chooses that inside cookie banners.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
But you don’t have to wait for the change in law to take advantage of that.
There’s already a way: the Consent-O-Matic browser extension.
You can choose the level of tracking that you are comfortable with and the extension automatically chooses that inside cookie banners.
There’s already a way: the Consent-O-Matic browser extension.
You can choose the level of tracking that you are comfortable with and the extension automatically chooses that inside cookie banners.
❤️ The big win is that the proposed law also mentions tracking controls should move to the browser which I think is the right choice and how it should have been since the beginning.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
❤️ The big win is that the proposed law also mentions tracking controls should move to the browser which I think is the right choice and how it should have been since the beginning.
This rollback happened now and pressure might have played a role but I don’t think it was the main reason. I think the EU just realized that the law was not perfect and decided to change it now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This rollback happened now and pressure might have played a role but I don’t think it was the main reason. I think the EU just realized that the law was not perfect and decided to change it now.
Big tech have argued against GPDR since it came out in 2016. If a rollback would have happened at any time, critics would have said that the legislators caved.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Big tech have argued against GPDR since it came out in 2016. If a rollback would have happened at any time, critics would have said that the legislators caved.
💻 Second, the article mentions that these new changes were made because of big tech pressure, which sounds plausible but I don’t think was the case.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
💻 Second, the article mentions that these new changes were made because of big tech pressure, which sounds plausible but I don’t think was the case.
The GDPR does not mention cookies, nor cookie banners. It only specifies intent.
The confusing cookie banners that we have today, with no Reject All button (which is illegal by the way) is just how websites chose to interpret and implement the law.
The confusing cookie banners that we have today, with no Reject All button (which is illegal by the way) is just how websites chose to interpret and implement the law.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The GDPR does not mention cookies, nor cookie banners. It only specifies intent.
The confusing cookie banners that we have today, with no Reject All button (which is illegal by the way) is just how websites chose to interpret and implement the law.
The confusing cookie banners that we have today, with no Reject All button (which is illegal by the way) is just how websites chose to interpret and implement the law.
🍪The big one was: “One change that’s likely to please almost everyone is a reduction in Europe’s ubiquitous cookie banners and pop-ups.” This is inaccurate.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🍪The big one was: “One change that’s likely to please almost everyone is a reduction in Europe’s ubiquitous cookie banners and pop-ups.” This is inaccurate.
This is the right way to think about it
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is the right way to think about it
🎯 The only thing that @askmanu.bsky.social does right now is documentation. It's its main focus. Its only focus.
We obsess about creating the best docs and the amount of time we spend on improving this one thing easily overshadows attempts at other companies.
We obsess about creating the best docs and the amount of time we spend on improving this one thing easily overshadows attempts at other companies.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎯 The only thing that @askmanu.bsky.social does right now is documentation. It's its main focus. Its only focus.
We obsess about creating the best docs and the amount of time we spend on improving this one thing easily overshadows attempts at other companies.
We obsess about creating the best docs and the amount of time we spend on improving this one thing easily overshadows attempts at other companies.