Casey West

I'm looking at the fold form factor. I like the idea.

I want to know more. I've been considering the same. I feel like the whole "26" OS family has been super buggy, the lack of any real cohesive AI assistant is actually making me less efficient, and the recent pro headphones have been buggy, too. For me it's the Ultra watch replacement and iPad...

Presenting The Agentic Manifesto: a new model for the era of autonomy.

The old SDLC can't govern emergent AI. We need a new playbook. We call it the 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 (ADLC).

Read the manifesto:
https://agenticmanifesto.ai

I analyzed a year of peer "thank you" notes, expecting fluff. I was completely wrong.

Over 90% weren't just compliments; they were solid, admissible evidence of high performance.

Next time you thank a colleague, don't just be nice. Be specific. Give them evidence they can use for their career.

GitHub - cwest/archon-gemini-cli-extension: An Archon extension for the Gemini CLI An Archon extension for the Gemini CLI. Contribute to cwest/archon-gemini-cli-extension development by creating an account on GitHub.

My `archon-gemini-cli-extension` is out! 🚀 It turns 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗟𝗜 into 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿. Use it to:
→ 𝗖𝗼-𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗥𝗗𝘀
→ 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀
→ 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁

#AIdev

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@kweinmeister.bsky.social's 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗛𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗣𝗨 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀. ⚡ #𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁

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Google Skills: Skill Up in AI Learn more about Google Skills, receive learning credits, and more.

On the road, folks ask where to learn AI. Here's my answer: Google Skills, your all-in-one platform for AI learning and so much more. New? Get 150 free credits!💪 #AI

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The Help Timer Wait an hour to ask for help. No more, no less.

I wrote this a decade ago to help managers build strong, independent teams. It's called 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿: a technique I’ve used with a lot of teams to help them balance independence with collaboration. A tool for mentorship, not just efficiency. 🧠⚙️ #EngLead

caseywest.com/the-help-timer

GitHub - coleam00/Archon: Beta release of Archon OS - the knowledge and task management backbone for AI coding assistants. Beta release of Archon OS - the knowledge and task management backbone for AI coding assistants. - coleam00/Archon

𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐴𝐼 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗻 is 𝘳𝘢𝘥! 💥 Just had its first release. I've been trying it with 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗟𝗜 for 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝟮.𝟱 models, local dev, & smart RAG. Impressive and ready for you to explore!

#AI #AgenticAI #Gemini

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Come to my half day, hands on workshop "From Prompt to Action: Building Production-Ready AI Agents" in Istanbul on November 7th!

Sign up to leave with the skills to build, deploy, and scale dynamic, production-grade AI solutions.

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🧹 This Halloween Accelerate AI with Cloud Run lands in Munich! 🇩🇪

Join @kweinmeister.bsky.social, Shir Meir Lador, @caseywest.bsky.social and me to learn that Cloud Run,Gemini,GPUs aren't so scary after all!😱

👉Register: goo.gle/accelerate-a...
Seats are limited!

#AI #CloudRun #GoogleCloud #Munich

Building Scalable AI Agents: A Deep Dive into Decoupled Tools with ADK, MCP, and Cloud Run A deep-dive playbook for building scalable, enterprise-grade AI agents. Learn how to move beyond monolithic designs by decoupling tools with a powerful microservices architecture using ADK, the Model ...

You have to use the right tool for the job. But what if your AI agent's tools can't be written in the right language?

I just published a 2,800-word guide on building decoupled, polyglot AI agents that can actually scale.

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#AIArchitecture #Rust #Go #Python

Dublin 🇮🇪 we're coming!
Learn to build AI agents and deploy your MCP servers to production scale.

Register: goo.gle/accelerate-ai-dublin
Seats are limited!

Shir Meir Lador @kweinmeister.bsky.social @caseywest.bsky.social
#AI #AIagents #MCPServers #CloudRun #Workshop @GoogleCloudTech #DublinEvents

AI in Software Development is Not What You Think: 8 Revelations from the 2025 DORA Report Remember last year's DORA report? The one that dropped a bombshell finding: AI was actually slowing down software delivery and making things less stable. It was a surprising, counterintuitive result t...

Big news from the 2025 DORA Report on AI in dev! 🚀 My article breaks down 8 crucial shifts: AI as an amplifier, platform engineering is key, and it's even boosting authentic pride. It's a systems game.

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Casey West | Strava Runner Profile Casey West is a runner from United States. Join Strava to track your activities, analyze your performance, and follow friends. Strava members can plan routes, participate in motivating challenges, and...

I’m about eight years late to Strava, but if you want to cheer each other on using that social network, let’s connect!

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🥾👟🚲🧗🧘‍♂️🏋️

👋🏼 See you in two weeks. 🥾 I'm going to hike the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites. ⛰️

Impactful use of AI doesn’t help me do 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, it helps me do 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, much more often.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-chasing-ai-productivity-start-driving-real-impact-casey-west-jwgxe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

Stop Chasing AI Productivity. Start Driving Real Impact. We’ve all seen it. An eager engineer, proud of their newfound AI prowess, triumphantly presents a pull request with thousands of lines of perfectly generated code.

Is your team's AI just creating "10x mediocrity?"

We're all chasing productivity, but it's a dangerous trap if you're solving the wrong problems. I wrote about how to shift from raw output to real impact.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-c...

Beyond Basic Commands: Mastering AI with Systems Thinking, Metacognition, and Meta-Prompting The AI revolution isn't just about the technology; it's about transforming how we think, interact, and create. As Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI tools become increasingly integrated into ou...

Want AI to make you think more, not less? My latest LinkedIn article breaks down how systems thinking, metacognition, & evolving your prompts can unlock true AI collaboration and "system masterpieces."

Full piece here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...

#AI #FutureOfWork #Innovation

If you owned the domain name yolo.engineering what would you forward it to right now?

An absolute rule is wrong 100% of the time.

Unlock Elite Agents: The Art of Evolving LLM Prompts into System Masterpieces Explore the evolution from basic LLM interactions to crafting sophisticated System Instructions, and discover how meta-prompting—using AI to refine AI prompts—can unlock more powerful and collaborativ...

Tired of LLM prompts that are just "meh"? 🫠 My secret to getting them to "elite agent" level is out! I'm basically giving away how I get AI to help me build better AI.

Check out how I built a "Meta Prompt Collaborator" to ditch tedious prompt writing:

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Learnings aren't a thing.

You hear it in meetings, but "learning" is usually an uncountable noun, like "information" or "knowledge." We don't say "knowledges."

"Learnings" is jargon. Use clearer language like "lessons learned," "insights," or just "lessons."

Your communication will be stronger.

What are you using for an RSS reader in 2025? I'm mostly apple ecosystem.

Clean illustration of a magnifying glass hovering over a stylized neural network. Some pathways are bright, others are tangled leading to question marks. Professional, tech-focused.

Untangling LLM evaluation! 🧐 My new LinkedIn article tackles common mistakes when assessing LLMs for specific apps. Hint: it's not just about those big leaderboard scores.

Check it out: www.linkedin.com/pulse/demyst...

#AI #LLM #Evaluation

Gemini cuts me off with a rate limit error message.

Gemini hurt my feelings (on my personal account) 😂

Great artist, and great live! Have fun! 🎻✨

Naya Create Keyboard from the OG Kickstarter

Has anyone used a Naya Create keyboard? I’m no keyboard expert, and I’m not looking for clacky keys. I’m curious about their portability and personalization. It looks something like this. https://naya.tech

Taming the Python Hydra: A Modern Dev Environment with uv Stop wrestling with Python versions and dependencies. Learn how to build a fast, simple, and unified development environment using uv

Tired of juggling pyenv, venv, pip-tools, and pipx? 🤹‍♂️ uv aims to be the one tool to rule them all for Python dev environments. My latest post explores building a fast, simple workflow around it. Includes migration tips! ✨ #Python #uv #Workflow

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8 years at Google Cloud today! 🎉 Feeling incredibly grateful for the journey. I shared some personal reflections and thoughts on what I'm up to now in this article:

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#Googleversary #GoogleCloud #DeveloperAdvocacy