Christian Gambardella

Software engineer, AI agents in my daily work.

[Christian Reber 🇪🇺 @christianreber]

Protesting an EU-INC company law that doesn’t even exist yet because it might have downsides is peak European self-sabotage.

You want higher wages? Make Europe the best place in the world to start and grow a business. European founders still face 27 systems, endless friction and brutal regulations – and too few reasons to build here instead of in the US.

These people spend their working hours and money fighting a potential reform. Try building a business here and see how hard it is.

We need an economy where successful businesses can grow – and workers can participate in that success (via higher wages AND stock options). #EUInc

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

@brennandunn Bluey is so funny 😃

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

There are only five levels of working with agents:

Level 1 - you paste the context
Level 2 - you save your prompts
Level 3 - the agent pulls context itself
Level 4 - your team runs the same setup
Level 5 - the setup catches what you forget

Most people stop at 2.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

There are only five levels of working with agents:

Level 1 - you paste the context
Level 2 - you save your prompts
Level 3 - the agent pulls context itself
Level 4 - your team runs the same setup
Level 5 - the setup catches what you forget

Most people stop at 2.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

Mistakes I made putting agents into real work:

- Assumed a skill deploys what it builds
- Expected the skill to tell me where it stops
- Mixed three topics into one chat

The first one cost me a deadline.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

Mistakes I made putting agents into real work:

- Assumed a skill deploys what it builds
- Expected the skill to tell me where it stops
- Mixed three topics into one chat

The first one cost me a deadline.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

2024: Don't let an agent near production without reading every line it wrote.

2026: Don't go near production without asking an agent what else runs at that hour.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

2024: Don't let an agent near production without reading every line it wrote.

2026: Don't go near production without asking an agent what else runs at that hour.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

Some mistakes you can't work your way out of.

If the thing takes longer than the time you have left, effort stops mattering. No amount of panic shortens it.

Worth knowing which of your steps are like that, before an agent takes the rest off your hands.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

Some mistakes you can't work your way out of.

If the thing takes longer than the time you have left, effort stops mattering. No amount of panic shortens it.

Worth knowing which of your steps are like that, before an agent takes the rest off your hands.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

What people use agents for:

- Writing code
- Fixing tests
- Refactoring

What pays off more in an old system:

- Mapping what runs when
- Finding a safe window to deploy
- Explaining why something is slow

Reading beats writing here.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

What people use agents for:

- Writing code
- Fixing tests
- Refactoring

What pays off more in an old system:

- Mapping what runs when
- Finding a safe window to deploy
- Explaining why something is slow

Reading beats writing here.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

@HRKeshavarz My condolences 😢

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

Putting agents into a team is an organizational process disguised as a technical one.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

What an agent can't find in an old codebase:

- Why the workaround is still there
- Which service nobody touches on Fridays
- The naming rule four people agree on
- What broke last time someone tried this

None of it is written down. That's the work.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

What an agent can't find in an old codebase:

- Why the workaround is still there
- Which service nobody touches on Fridays
- The naming rule four people agree on
- What broke last time someone tried this

None of it is written down. That's the work.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

The fastest way to make an agent useful in a large codebase is to write down the rules nobody ever wrote down.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

The fastest way to make an agent useful in a large codebase is to write down the rules nobody ever wrote down.

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

@brennandunn That's smart. Will keep that in mind for my future setup!

[Christian Gambardella @heygambo]

A skill that does half the job keeps you alert. One that does 90% puts you to sleep. The PR looked finished, so I moved on. Deploying was still mine. I noticed the next morning, with less time left than the work needed.