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The IDE settings I changed after a year of AI pair programming

After a year of AI pair programming, I optimize my editor for reviewing, not writing. I format only modified ranges to keep diffs honest, switch to inline diffs, bind word-by-word accept and next-hunk navigation to fast keys, keep a short instructions file in version control, auto-approve only safe local commands, and commit constantly. The settings all follow one shift: I read far more code than I write now.

June 18, 20269 min read3

MCP

Wiring an MCP server to my IDE in 30 minutes

I wire an MCP server to my IDE's agent in about thirty minutes, and suddenly it reads my real Postgres schema and project files instead of hallucinating. MCP is just a standard way for agents to call external tools. I pick one server that solves a real annoyance, drop a small JSON config with command, args, and env, restart, and let the agent fetch its own context. That's the whole win.

June 18, 20268 min read4