https://blog.beaumo.net/tags/software-engineering/Recent content in Software-Engineering on // TODO(craig): name this blogHugoen-GBWed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/let-it-propagateWed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/let-it-propagateMost catch blocks shouldn&rsquo;t exist. An exception should rise until it reaches a layer with the context to act on it, and the catches that deserve to exist fit five patterns.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/local-docs-submodules-for-aiWed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/local-docs-submodules-for-aiWeb search hands an AI assistant stale forum posts and deprecated APIs. Shallow submodules of the Home Assistant and HACS docs, symlinked under <code>docs/</code> and described in <code>CLAUDE.md</code>, give it the real thing.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/learning-in-reverseWed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/learning-in-reverseAn AI assistant showed me C#&rsquo;s <code>$$</code> raw interpolated strings while I was getting something else done. Learning now happens sideways, and knowing a feature exists doesn&rsquo;t replace judgement about when to use it.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/instructions-for-ai-coding-assistantsThu, 08 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/instructions-for-ai-coding-assistantsA starting template for the instructions file an AI coding assistant reads before it touches your repository. It gets what you know about boundaries and shared code out of your head and into a file the tool reads.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/solid-principles-as-ai-guardrailsThu, 08 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/solid-principles-as-ai-guardrailsAI coding assistants are too helpful: the code works, but it doesn&rsquo;t belong. SOLID principles, used as constraints on the assistant, give it the pause an experienced developer has before changing things.