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Frameworks vs Markdown: Why I Stopped Installing Agent Frameworks and Started Writing .md Files

Feb 28, 2026•7 min read

There's a gold rush in AI-assisted development frameworks. I tried several, then built aibank using nothing but flat Markdown files and GitHub Copilot agents. Here's what I learned.

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MCP Apps vs A2UI: Better Together

Feb 23, 2026•11 min read

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Vibe Coding Inception via WhatsApp

Feb 11, 2026•7 min read

A story about AI building AI tools that build AI tools that build websites. Meta-circular development through six layers of abstraction, from WhatsApp messages to production deployments.

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This is a great achievement after an epic journey

Jan 20, 2025•1 min read

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I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Distinguished Engineer...

Oct 15, 2024•1 min read

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Now that is scale

Mar 25, 2024•1 min read

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Great to reconnect with Ben Pearce at the Lloyds Banking Group Consumer Servi...

Mar 15, 2024•1 min read

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Fantastic new role here at Nationwide Building Society to join us as a Techno...

Nov 10, 2022•1 min read

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What a fantastic day at

Oct 5, 2022•1 min read

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Both honoured and excited to be talking at

Oct 1, 2022•1 min read

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Devs might find this video funny

Aug 20, 2022•1 min read

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This is a huge step forward

May 1, 2022•1 min read

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It's nearly time for the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2022

Apr 15, 2022•1 min read

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What an incredibly inspiring story

Apr 15, 2022•1 min read

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Super excited to be presenting 'Enterprise on the bleeding edge' at the DevOp...

Apr 5, 2022•1 min read

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This InfoQ trends analysis is great

Mar 15, 2022•1 min read

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It's not every day you find yourself at the top of a leaderboard

Oct 15, 2021•1 min read

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Last week Nationwide Building Society achieved something significant

Jul 20, 2021•2 min read

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There's incredibly interesting research into programming languages going on a...

May 25, 2021•1 min read

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We're embarking on a journey to deliver the best mobile experience possible t...

May 1, 2021•1 min read

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Deploying a microfront-end app to kubernetes

Apr 2, 2021•3 min read

How to deploy an opionionated NextJs and federated Apollo GraphQL implementation to kubernetes.

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I've been having lots of fun with

Mar 23, 2021•1 min read

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We are

Mar 22, 2021•1 min read

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This is a must read for software engineering leaders and people managers: htt...

Mar 15, 2021•1 min read

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We're

Jan 30, 2021•1 min read

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This is great Mark Graham

Jan 25, 2021•1 min read

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Decoupling digital with micro-frontends and micro-services

Dec 22, 2020•10 min read

TL;DR: This is an opinionated technology solution using NextJs Zones and federated GraphQL. For the techies, there's a fair amount of upfront business context. Bear with me, it's an important part of the story. Especially so, if you're trying to convince your business leaders to invest in a modern architecture like micro-frontends and federated GraphQL.

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