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April 2026

txtfold: surfacing signal in large inputs for LLMs

We've been living through the free-lunch era of LLM usage. Three levers are going to define what comes after.

Apr 26 • Kristian Dupont

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Kanel v4: Generate Markdown from Postgres

Give your LLM all the details about your database without MCP's

Apr 2 • Kristian Dupont

December 2025

The Robot is not a Junior Developer. It Is a Senior Developer caught in Groundhog Day

I frequently encounter the notion that, when it comes to programming, AI is like a well-read junior developer.

Dec 29, 2025 • Kristian Dupont

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May 2025

Schemalint Support for Triggers

Schemalint is a tool that inspects a PostgreSQL database and prints out errors if the schema diverges from a defined set of rules.

May 24, 2025 • Kristian Dupont

November 2024

The Pre-Contagion Window

When a new engineer starts on a team, something interesting happens.

Nov 30, 2024 • Kristian Dupont

May 2024

Bug-to-Error Distance

I hadn’t articulated this before, but I recently realized that I have an internal metric for assessing bugs and errors.

May 21, 2024 • Kristian Dupont

October 2023

Empathy, articulated

Like everyone and his brother, I’ve been working on a “coach” chat bot.

Oct 21, 2023 • Kristian Dupont

May 2023

Meme-driven Retrospectives

I gave a talk at BestBrains Academy about cultural differences and using humor when leading teams of engineers.

May 8, 2023 • Kristian Dupont

Are you using types when you should be linting?

I’m a big fan of static typing.

May 6, 2023 • Kristian Dupont

April 2023

March 2023

Use 98% TailwindCSS, 2% plain CSS

Yes, it’s awesome.

Mar 21, 2023 • Kristian Dupont