Mason Egger

Cutting Through the Slop: Lessons Learned from a Year of Claude Code

Mason Egger — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cutting Through the Slop: Lessons Learned from a Year of Claude Code

Code is cheaper than it's ever been, and it will never be this expensive again. Here's what survived a year of building damn near everything with Claude Code.

Vibe Check: Hot Takes on AI Skills & Developer Workflows

Mason Egger — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Vibe Check: Hot Takes on AI Skills & Developer Workflows

Shy Ruparel and I went back and forth on what actually works when you build with AI, and what's just a vibe with a blog post attached.

Writing Pythonic Code: Features That Make Python Powerful

Mason Egger — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Writing Pythonic Code: Features That Make Python Powerful

In this Workshop, you will go beyond the basics of Python and explore various language features that make Python pythonic.

Securing AI Applications with Tailscale and Temporal

Mason Egger — Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Securing AI Applications with Tailscale and Temporal

A joint Tailscale and Temporal workshop from Replay 2026, co-presented with Kartik Bharath of Tailscale. Attendees built a durable AI weather agent and put the whole thing on a tailnet.

Introduction to Temporal Nexus

Mason Egger — Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction to Temporal Nexus

Two teams, two Namespaces, and every painful workaround people use to get a call across that wall. A three and a half hour hands-on workshop from Replay 2026 on doing it properly.

Skills, Plugins, and MCP Oh My!

Mason Egger — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here's where it gets fun, a peek behind the curtain at the dark magic I perform with Claude Code.

How I Actually Use the Damn Thing

Mason Egger — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Enough waxing poetic about AI, here's my actual Claude Code workflow.

What I Found Actually Works with AI

Mason Egger — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

After playing with enough models, agents, etc. here are the core foundations I've adopted when using these tools.

How To Use Claude Code with My BPE Workflow [Quickstart]

Mason Egger — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Get productive with Claude Code using my Brainstorm-Plan-Execute loop

Code is Now Cheap, Don't Devalue Yourself

Mason Egger — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In respect to adopting AI, as my great-grandmother would say, it's time to shit or get off the pot.

We're Witnessing the Evolution of Software Engineering

Mason Egger — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

And it's time to stop pretending like we aren't.

Reflections on Becoming a PSF Fellow

Mason Egger — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

My thoughts on being named a PSF Fellow, and the journey that led me here.

Here I Go Changing Careers Again

Mason Egger — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Oh look, I've changed careers again. What to? You'll have to read to find out.

How To Build a Durable AI Agent with Temporal and Python

Mason Egger — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Build a durable AI agent from scratch using the Temporal Python SDK

Let Me Introduce Y'all to Y'all

Mason Egger — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Let Me Introduce Y'all to Y'all

English lost its plural you. A piece of Texan slang got it back, and it solves a problem communities actually have.

Temporal Replay Workshops

Mason Egger — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Temporal Replay Workshops

Every year Temporal holds an annual conference, Replay, and the education team holds all day Workshops teaching attendees how to use Temporal.

You Don't Get Better Without Deliberate Practice

Mason Egger — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Musicians practice, doctors study, tradespeople fix things around the house. So why do software engineers think they don't need to practice? Reality check, they do.

Write Docs Devs Love: Ten Tricks to Level Up Your Tech Writing

Mason Egger — Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Write Docs Devs Love: Ten Tricks to Level Up Your Tech Writing

You're read good tutorials, you've read bad tutorials. In this talk I'll discuss 10 tips and tricks to level up your technical writing.

2023 Is Dead! Long Live 2024!

Mason Egger — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A recap on what I've been up to in 2023 and my goals for 2024.

Oh Shit, I Haven't Blogged in a While

Mason Egger — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Buckle up, I'm going to catch up on two years of blogging in this post.