Insights
Since SICP, it's been a maxim of software engineering that "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." However, in the age of generative AI, code is increasingly often read by agents as well. As generative AI tools become
Insights
Effective context management is the backbone of productive collaboration with AI coding assistants. As conversations with Cline evolve and become ever more complex, determining how to handle the persistent issue of limited room in the context window becomes increasingly more important – as well as ensuring narrative integrity is maintained during
Insights
The developer community has been buzzing about the possibilities unlocked by the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and few examples have captured the imagination quite like Siddharth Ahuja's MCP servers for Ableton Live and Blender. These notoriously complex creative powerhouses, suddenly accessible through natural language prompts via tools like
Picture this: Your senior engineers spending most of their time on high-level architecture instead of debugging nested loops. Your new hires becoming productive in days instead of months. Your entire team shipping more code with fewer bugs while actually leaving work feeling energized instead of burnt out. Sound like fantasy?
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Last week, we spoke with a San Francisco-based startup that estimated Cline had boosted their engineering output fivefold. While startups tend to adopt new technologies more quickly, we're still in the early days of AI-powered coding. This "5x" increase offers a glimpse into what could be
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Have you seen those viral videos of people creating stunning 3D scenes in Blender by just describing what they want? No clicking through complex menus, no hunting for the right tool in a sea of options, no watching 10-hour YouTube tutorials. Just conversation. 0:00 /0:20 1× This isn&
Use Cases
In the fast-paced world of sports analytics, where deadlines are dictated by game schedules and championships, engineering teams face unique challenges. For Cleat Street, a fast-growing sports analytics company launched in 2019 out of a startup lab at Columbia University, the pressure to deliver quality code with a small team
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When a senior developer tells you they spent $125 on API credits in a single day but produced 35,000 lines of functional code, is that expensive or a bargain? This question gets to the heart of how we should think about AI coding agents. While the sticker shock of
MCP
Yesterday, I asked a developer if he was using MCP in Cline. "I still don't understand what Model Context Protocol is," he said. I had to smile. Here was a developer missing out on powerful tools because he was getting caught up in confusing technical jargon.
MCP
Discover what MCP servers are and how they work. Learn how Cline leverages Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to revolutionize AI tool integration and development. Read on for in-depth insights! I was at CodeGen Night in San Francisco on Tuesday and had a chance to talk with some Cline power
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At Cline, we've scaled to 500k+ users and raised significant funding from top-tier VCs. As Head of AI, I recently interviewed a strong ML engineer candidate. Despite their solid background, I voted "no hire." Let me explain why - it reveals a broader pattern about what
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Two days ago, Andrej Karpathy set Tech Twitter ablaze with a provocative idea he calls "vibe coding" – where you "fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists." Using AI tools (like Cline), he demonstrated building an entire LLM reader