DevToolsDigest: Issue #371
This week's digest includes news and resources from Engineering Enablement, NYT, and more.
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The Week in DevTools
I Built an AI Coworker That Runs 90% of My Day
Sterling Chin stopped thinking of AI as a tool and started treating it like a junior employee. Onboarded it with context, corrected its mistakes, and gave it writing rules. Forty days later, MARVIN was handling 90% of his workday.
My AI Coding Setup (March 2026)
"For a long time I didn’t have to think carefully about AI model access. It’s only in the last three months that I’ve seriously explored what’s beyond the Copilot world, and the setup I’ve landed on is the best I’ve had."
Google Workspace CLI
One CLI for all of Google Workspace — built for humans and AI agents. Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and every Workspace API. Zero boilerplate. Structured JSON output. 40+ agent skills included.
Industry Research
Coding After Coders
In the era of AI agents, many programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Clive Thompson interviewed more than 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and small start-ups.
AI Productivity Gains are 10%, Not 10x
Social media and vendor marketing have set high expectations for AI, suggesting as much as 2-3x productivity gains. But from the data we’re seeing, the reality on the ground is far more modest.