Mark Essel

Dev, gamer, science, and startup nerd.
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[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

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Ever watch an AI agent confidently build the wrong thing?

You say "add a simple auth flow."
It spits out a 200-line god function with wrong assumptions, broken edge cases, and zero security.

The model isn't the problem.
The missing structure is.

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

@mattpocockuk 9/
Ready to try it?

One-click template → drop into any new project and start shipping cleaner AI-assisted features.

https://t.co/PWuHcX3Rzn

Would love your feedback if you test it!

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

1/
Ever watch an AI agent confidently build the wrong thing?

You say "add a simple auth flow."
It spits out a 200-line god function with wrong assumptions, broken edge cases, and zero security.

The model isn't the problem.
The missing structure is.

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

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The core workflow (design Q&A → PRD → vertical-slice TDD) is adapted from @mattpocockuk's excellent skills.

I added cross-harness compatibility, read-once token hooks, and tighter agent constraints.

[neilson @neilsonks]

open-sourcing a 3D gen toolkit for Claude Code

input image → environment, meshes, physics, lighting, & audio

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

This one cracked me up this morning by @james406

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

Thought this was pretty cool -> results here https://t.co/oCgtRZjGs3

[Tanay Karnik @tanayvk]

I just accepted a challenge from my girlfriend: make $3000 in freelance dev work in 7 days.

Unlucky for her, I'm really good. Clock starts now!

🧵👇

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

AI can make work faster, but a fear is that relying on it may make it harder to learn new skills on the job.

We ran an experiment with software engineers to learn more. Coding with AI led to a decrease in mastery—but this depended on how people used it.
https://t.co/lbxgP11I4I

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

@howardlindzon really looking forward to Karoline defend this one 🤪

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

Building my first (multi) agent workflow with an mcp server. Using LangGraph so far, and my co-worker is using ADK. The tooling seems young but capable

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

Fun morning read by Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West https://t.co/IiwJBmMzhY

[Kaminey Hub @kamineyhub]

@EverythingOOC Behind-the-scenes look at John Wick's intense bike fight sequence 🔥

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

A Chinese man invented an anti-mosquito device by attaching a net to a fan and placing a UV light behind it. The mosquitoes are drawn to the light and then get sucked into the net. I’m ready for this summer😭

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

Super cool watch on training robots https://t.co/PVnrMmuuwo

[Mark Essel @VictusFate]

Google notebook lm is out https://t.co/aHhuO8P4Lh thanks for the tip @marcvanolmen