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# Tools

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 [![A desktop workstation running a local LLM for coding — 80 billion parameters, 3 billion active — representing the shift from cloud AI to local AI coding](https://umesh-malik.com/blog/local-llm-coding-cover.png)

AI Coding Agents & DX • Feb 22, 2026

### Qwen3-Coder: Run an 80B-Parameter LLM on Your Desktop

Qwen3-Coder runs 80B parameters on a desktop with only 3B active per token — and plugs into Claude Code. Why the cloud-only era of AI coding is ending.

16 min read

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 [![Three AI coding agents — database, security, and test — sitting at terminal screens writing and reviewing code, all guided by a central SPEC.md specification document](https://umesh-malik.com/blog/spec-driven-dev-cover.png)

AI Coding Agents & DX • Feb 21, 2026

### Spec-Driven Development for AI Agents (Addy Osmani)

Why AI coding agent prompts fail — and how spec-driven development fixes it, per Addy Osmani's 5-principle framework backed by GitHub's 2,500-config analysis.

19 min read

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 [![AGENTS.md study results showing a document icon next to a declining performance chart from ETH Zurich's 138-repo benchmark](https://umesh-malik.com/blog/agents-md-cover.png)

AI Coding Agents & DX • Feb 17, 2026

### AGENTS.md Files Don't Work the Way You Think — A 138-Repo Study

A 138-repo study: AGENTS.md files hurt performance by 2-3% and raised costs 20%+. What the research found — and what actually works instead.

12 min read

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 [![Developer productivity workspace showing a terminal, editor, and organized workflow system for senior engineers](https://umesh-malik.com/blog/dev-productivity-cover.png)

Career & Productivity • Sep 5, 2025

### Developer Productivity Tools for Senior Engineers

A senior engineer's real stack of developer productivity tools — editor, terminal, code review habits, and focus systems that cut daily friction.

4 min read

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