FIG. 00 — MASTHEAD
Chris
Chabot
Building developer ecosystems,
one API at a time.
FIG. 02 — CURRENTLY
BUILDING — MAESTRO @ IGENT AI
READING — MIDDLEMARCH
WALKING — DUTCH COAST, SCHEVENINGEN
ON DEVELOPER RELATIONS
Games are won by players who focus on the playing field, not the scoreboard.
A field note on the difference between visible activity and meaningful progress in the life of a developer programme.
The scoreboard is always near. Numbers flicker. Charts climb. Dashboards shine. But the real game is elsewhere — in the small, unseen decisions: a clearer getting started, a helpful example, a nudge at the right time, a trust earned over the long haul.
05
WRITING
INDEX
The Agent Stack Is Becoming Boring in the Best Way
A small reading-list survey of agent memory, voice control, embeddings, and verification, and why the interesting shift is not smarter chat but more ordinary software.
Taste Is Becoming Infrastructure
What AI design systems, testing skills, and model prompting notes reveal about the strange new job of turning judgement into reusable machinery.
Twitter/X Coding Agents Trend Report
A deep dive into the AI coding revolution happening in real-time. From Karpathy's workflow shift to autonomous agents building browsers from scratch—what 2 weeks of Twitter reveals about the future of software development.
Twitter/X AI Coding Trends Report
A deep dive into the AI coding revolution happening in real-time. From Claude Code breaking into mainstream adoption to the emergence of autonomous coding agents, background builders, and the philosophical debates about what it means to be a software developer in the AI age.
Building a Coding Agent from Scratch
What happens when you stop using AI coding tools and start building one? A deep dive into the architecture of autonomous software agents.
The Case of the Forbidden System Prompt
How a single sentence—precisely 57 characters—stood between a working OAuth flow and the infuriating message 'This credential is only authorized for use with Claude Code.'
FIG. 03 — STUDIES IN MATERIAL. LONDON, MARCH 2026.
Photographed in London, March 2026.
PG. 07
“It is turtles all the way down, as they say, but the exercise proves more illuminating than recursive.
— FROM ‘BUILDING A CODING AGENT FROM SCRATCH’
FIG. 04 — AGENT ORCHESTRATION. AFTER A MID-CENTURY DIAGRAM.
09 SELECTED PROJECTS ✣
Modular Foundations
A reference architecture for scalable developer platforms — composable, observable, and built to scale without compromise.
Field Notes System
A personal system for collecting, connecting, and retrieving ideas from walks, sketches, and long-form thinking.
Agent Orchestration Kit
A lightweight toolkit for building reliable agent loops with tools, memory, and evaluation.
Coastlines & Contours
Maps and measurements from coastal walks — recording shorelines, connections, and small observations.