The Future of Micro-Niche AI Tools
Phil Johnston Phil Johnston

The Future of Micro-Niche AI Tools

As someone who’s soon to be less relevant when it comes to technology, I am personally augmenting my workflows to include self-developed tools to help me get my work done.  One recent example is a quick script that will test server…

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Encouraging Developers to Share Their Stories in Their Own Words
Phil Johnston Phil Johnston

Encouraging Developers to Share Their Stories in Their Own Words

As a developer relations professional, one of our goals is to highlight the voices of the developers we work with. Recently, I’ve been focusing on inviting developers to share their projects in their own words. Here are some of the tactics and lessons learned along the way.

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Micro-niche vibe coding?
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Micro-niche vibe coding?

I’ve been vibing lately with terminal UI (TUI) apps. Small personal tools that help me optimize a very specific task or workflow. I call these "Micro-Niche" tools. I can spin these tools up in an afternoon, where before I would have just kept plodding along without them.

This is the project that finally worked!

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