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Addy Osmani spent over 14 years at Google, most recently as a Director at Google Cloud AI, running Cloud AI Developer Experience and Technical Evangelism and helping launch Google's agent developer platform.
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Addy Osmani on Vibe Coding and AI-Assisted Engineering
GoogleanalysiscautiousJan 29, 2026
AI coding assistants are shifting developer identity from hands-on code creation to AI orchestration, creating psychological and career implications for the profession.
“Author of "Addy Osmani on Vibe Coding and AI-Assisted Engineering" in Google”
AI in Software DevelopmentAI AgentsAI WorkforceAI Products
How to Write a Good Spec for AI Agents
addyosmani.comtutorialpositiveJan 20, 2026
Effective AI agent specifications require clear high-level vision, manageable context windows, iterative refinement, and task decomposition rather than comprehensive upfront documentation.
“Author of "How to Write a Good Spec for AI Agents"”
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MIT shows AI improving AI, no training required
therundown.aipositiveNov 4, 2026
“Confirmed Claude Code is instructed not to rebuild specific existing games over IP concerns.”
Anthropic Confirmed New Claude Code Limits
Tom's HardwaremixedNov 3, 2026
“Confirmed that Anthropic added guardrails to Claude Code to prevent game recreation and stated the company is iterating on rules to strike the right balance.”
Anthropic's Addy Osmani Confirms Claude Code Game Rebuild Restrictions
XneutralNov 3, 2026
“Confirmed Claude Code was instructed not to rebuild specific existing games due to IP concerns, while clarifying original games remain supported.”
Claude Code engineer says you're probably over-prompting Claude
XneutralNov 2, 2026
“Published guidance on how to use Claude Opus 5.5 more effectively by reducing over-prompting and leveraging the model's capabilities with less instruction.”
How the Claude Code team does code review
Claude.devpositiveOct 19, 2026
“Co-authored article on Claude Code team's code review process”
Anthropic opens Claude Code to custom mods written in TypeScript
claude.devpositiveOct 2, 2026
“Author of technical guide on Claude Code mods system that allows users to write TypeScript plugins for AI coding tools.”
Best Practices for Building with Claude Sonnet 5.5
claude.devpositiveSep 29, 2026
“Byline author of article about Claude Sonnet 5.5 best practices from Anthropic.”
What a task costs on Opus 5.5
ClaudepositiveSep 23, 2026
“Author analyzing task costs and token pricing on Opus 5.5 model.”
Published the essay that popularized the name
addyosmani.comcautiousJul 20, 2026
“Published the essay that popularized the name of loop engineering for coding agents.”
Addy Osmani's Excellent Keynote
YouTubecautiousJul 14, 2026
“Delivered keynote addressing what AI engineers should focus on as code generation cost approaches zero.”
5 Trends That Defined AI Engineering at World's Fair 2026
Latent SpacecautiousJul 14, 2026
“Former Google engineering leader who discussed agents running inner loops while humans maintain outer loop oversight.”
Agentic Code Review
XcautiousJun 16, 2026
“Posted on X about agentic code review, noting that coding agents have made the hard part of engineering the review process rather than code writing itself.”
Loop engineering
XcautiousJun 10, 2026
“Byline author discussing loop engineering as the next evolution of working with coding agents, replacing single prompts with recursive systems.”