# Maxitect Blog This site contains technical writing about software engineering, AI, machine learning, and computational design by Maxime Downe, a London-based architect and software engineer. ## Blog Posts - [The Spec Trap: Can Amazon's KIRO Replace Thoughtful AI Development?](https://maxitect.blog/posts/the-spec-trap-can-amazons-kiro-replace-thoughtful-ai-development.md) - Amazon's new KIRO tool landed with considerable fanfare this month, promising to transform AI-assisted development through "spec-driven workflows." I spent time experimenting with it and reached an… - [From Patterns to Production: Developer Workshops on Building Multi-Agent AI Systems with LangGraph](https://maxitect.blog/posts/from-patterns-to-production-developer-workshops-on-building-multi-agent-ai-systems-with-langgraph.md) - We've now delivered our multi-agent AI workshop twice at Founders & Coders, where developers learn to build AI systems using LangGraph. This is our third AI workshop in a series, the first was about… - [From Static Files to Dynamic LLM Optimisation: Building llms.txt for the AI-first web](https://maxitect.blog/posts/from-static-files-to-dynamic-llm-optimisation-building-llmstxt-for-the-ai-first-web.md) - The web's discovery landscape is shifting. Where Google once reigned supreme, LLMs now increasingly serve as the primary interface between users and web content. This fundamental change demands new… - [Accessibility Beyond Compliance: Real Patterns for React and Tailwind](https://maxitect.blog/posts/accessibility-beyond-compliance-real-patterns-for-react-and-tailwind.md) - Four months ago, I completed the WAI0.1x: Introduction to Web Accessibility certification. What started as professional development quickly became a fundamental shift in how I approach web… - [Pressure Prompting: A Systematic Look at Aggressive AI Instruction Techniques](https://maxitect.blog/posts/pressure-prompting-a-systematic-look-at-aggressive-ai-instruction-techniques.md) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently suggested that threatening AI systems might improve their performance, a method I've decided to coin as "pressure prompting". I had to try this out for myself.… - [Beyond Solo AI: How Pair-Programming with Claude Code Transforms Team Development](https://maxitect.blog/posts/beyond-solo-ai-how-pair-programming-with-claude-code-transforms-team-development.md) - Following our successful HULA framework workshops, we evolved the concept at Founders & Coders to explore a different challenge: how do development teams coordinate when each developer has their own… - [From Strawberries to Dropout: How I Built a RAG Chatbot That Knows When to Shut Up](https://maxitect.blog/posts/from-strawberries-to-dropout-how-i-built-a-rag-chatbot-that-knows-when-to-shut-up.md) - This week, I attended a fascinating workshop at Founders & Coders led by a RAG and AI agent expert from Neo4j. I decided to attend because at Tandem, we're working on an AI IT helpdesk bot for Teams… - [Maximising Claude Code: Building an Effective CLAUDE.md](https://maxitect.blog/posts/maximising-claude-code-building-an-effective-claudemd.md) - Claude Code has been touted as a powerful AI-assisted development tool, and according to Anthropic, the key to unlocking its full potential lies in a well-structured `CLAUDE.md` file. I've spent this… - [AI in the Loop: Reflections on Delivering the HULA Workshops at Founders & Coders](https://maxitect.blog/posts/ai-in-the-loop-reflections-on-delivering-the-hula-workshops-at-founders-coders.md) - A month ago, I had the chance to facilitate a workshop series at Founders & Coders with Jack Casstles-Jones, my co-facilitator, introducing developers to a new approach for building software with AI… - [When The Machine Stops Learning: Reviving a Collapsed Neural Network](https://maxitect.blog/posts/when-the-machine-stops-learning-reviving-a-collapsed-neural-network.md) - Following last week's thoughts on the lean coding style of data scientists, my second week at the Machine Learning Institute has been about debugging neural networks. Much like in E.M. Forster's The… - [When Less Is More: Coding Like a Data Scientist](https://maxitect.blog/posts/when-less-is-more-coding-like-a-data-scientist.md) - Having recently embarked on a machine learning bootcamp at the Machine Learning Institute (MLX), I've been struck by a fascinating contrast in coding styles. Having formally trained in software… ## Raw Markdown Access All blog posts are available as raw markdown: https://maxitect.blog/posts/the-spec-trap-can-amazons-kiro-replace-thoughtful-ai-development.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/from-patterns-to-production-developer-workshops-on-building-multi-agent-ai-systems-with-langgraph.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/from-static-files-to-dynamic-llm-optimisation-building-llmstxt-for-the-ai-first-web.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/accessibility-beyond-compliance-real-patterns-for-react-and-tailwind.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/pressure-prompting-a-systematic-look-at-aggressive-ai-instruction-techniques.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/beyond-solo-ai-how-pair-programming-with-claude-code-transforms-team-development.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/from-strawberries-to-dropout-how-i-built-a-rag-chatbot-that-knows-when-to-shut-up.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/maximising-claude-code-building-an-effective-claudemd.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/ai-in-the-loop-reflections-on-delivering-the-hula-workshops-at-founders-coders.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/when-the-machine-stops-learning-reviving-a-collapsed-neural-network.md https://maxitect.blog/posts/when-less-is-more-coding-like-a-data-scientist.md ## About Maxime Downe is co-founder of Tandem Creative Dev and a Founders & Coders alumnus. He writes about the intersection of traditional architecture and software development, AI-assisted development workflows, and practical machine learning applications. ## Contact - Email: maxime.downe@gmail.com - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maxime-downe-642ba74b - GitHub: https://github.com/maxitect