Articles
Long-form writing from the AskScout team.
Introducing AskScout: your vibe coding companion
AskScout reads your repo and writes you a daily digest of what you shipped. The companion tool for developers using Cursor, Claude Code, and Copilot.
How AskScout turns a noisy git log into a 10-second digest
A walkthrough of how AskScout reads commits and diffs, computes structural signals, and uses a tuned LLM prompt to produce a readable digest.
Why we made AskScout open source
Trust matters more than moat for a tool that reads your code. Why AskScout is fully MIT, including the prompt.
The fastest way to bring Claude or Cursor up to speed on your project
How to give Claude Code or Cursor a one-shot context block covering tech stack, recent work, current focus, and key files.
Best Ways to Track What You Shipped as a Developer
Four real options for remembering what you built, ranked by how much effort each one costs you. Plus the tradeoffs nobody mentions.
Best AI Coding Tools for Solo Developers
An honest read on Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Aider. What each one is good at, and the layer they all leave out.
The Hidden Cost of Vibe Coding
AI coding tools made us faster. They also made it harder to remember what we actually built. The case for a daily digest in the vibe-coding era.