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Stephen Gruppetta
Generalist vs Specialist in the After AI Era
AI is giving generalists a chance to do more with what they already know
Nov 10
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The Second Opinion
A reassuring amount of independent advice.
Nov 4
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Notes from the Near Future • The Permanently Curious Stack
The Python Coding Stack today becomes... Notes from the Near Future, The Permanently Curious Stack • Keeping up with the times, or staying just a bit…
Nov 1
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Thoroughly Checked
These figures look surprisingly good.
Oct 31
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If You Find if..else in List Comprehensions Confusing, Read This, Else…
Mar 16, 2024
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Demystifying Decorators • They Don't Need to be Cryptic
Apr 19, 2025
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If Feynman Were Teaching Today… A Simplified Python Simulation of Diffusion
Jun 22, 2024
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`bytes`: The Lesser-Known Python Built-In Sequence • And Understanding UTF-8 Encoding
Jun 1, 2024
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3. How can words turn into actions?
Agents Unpacked • Chapter 3: A tool request can look right and still ask for the wrong thing.
Oct 29
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A New Price Without Breaking the Old One • The O in SOLID
The Open–Closed Principle • 2 of 5 in the SOLID Ideas Series
Oct 26
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2. Who actually does the work, the model or the software?
Agents Unpacked • Chapter 2: The model chooses, the tools act, and the harness connects them.
Oct 17
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1. What makes an AI agent different from a chatbot?
Agents Unpacked • Chapter 1: Tools let a system act, but who chooses what happens next?
Oct 10
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Stephen's Preface to Agents Unpacked
Real conversations about AI agents: what they are, how they work, and when they're useful
Oct 10
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Stephen Gruppetta
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Agents Unpacked • Table of Contents
Conversations about what AI agents are, how they work, and when they're useful. No programming knowledge required.
Oct 10
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The Potion Shop That Does Too Much • The S in SOLID
The Single Responsibility Principle • 1 of 5 in the SOLID Ideas Series
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Notes from the Near Future
The Permanently Curious Stack • Read about my exploration and experimentation as we learn to collaborate with AI agents to do, well, everything. Also, Python and Rust here…
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