Archive - Mary Rose Cook’s Newsletter

I can teach you to program with AI

tl;dr: I’m offering coaching sessions where I teach professional engineers a smooth, stay-in-flow technique for AI-augmented programming.

May 17 •

Using AI to build a tactical shooter

May 5 •

March 2025

August 2021

Build software faster, August 2021

My recent work has cohered a bit around the goal of building software faster. Here’s what I’ve done over the last month.

Aug 22, 2021 •

April 2021

A software maker doesn't need to define their software exhaustively

Exhaustive definition is not necessary

Apr 13, 2021 •

Good stuff, faster

There's something in the combination of the following:

Apr 9, 2021 •

January 2021

What's weird is that I had to rediscover going for walks. I discovered it in Shoreditch when I was 30, forgot about it, and rediscovered it in San…

Jan 31, 2021 •

November 2020

Welcome to Mary’s Newsletter.

Nov 24, 2020 •

September 2020

Tools for prototyping

Prototyping fascinates me.

Sep 25, 2020 •

August 2020

Are there people who have produced great work using tools they invented that provide a much higher level of expressiveness?

Aug 9, 2020 •

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