Roman Imankulov

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Agent engineering: smolagents

Rebuilding the news reader with a code-generating agent that writes and executes its own Python in a sandbox.

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Cursor Under the HoodExploring what Cursor, the AI Code Editor, is doing under the hood when you ask it to write code
Fixing Keyboard Input in tmuxFixing Shift+Enter and scrollback navigation when using a third-party keyboard with Ghostty and tmux on macOS.
Smello for HTTP RequestsI built Smello, an open-source tool that captures outgoing HTTP requests from your Python code and displays them in a local web dashboard.
7 habit-building techniques I learned from 'Atomic Habits'Break out of your old routines and create a path to success with these tried and tested habit-building techniques
Python Performance ProfilingTools I use to find why my Python code is slow.

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2020Don't let dicts spoil your codeI restricted the use of dicts in my code to make it easier to follow and maintain. Here's my explanation of the benefits and advice on what you can use instead. Bonus point: what to do with all the legacy code when there's no time to eradicate all the dicts.
2023RefinerI created an open-source project that automatically fixes grammar and stylistic errors. It can also adjust the tone and formatting.
2022Python Performance ProfilingTools I use to find why my Python code is slow.
2022You can use Pydantic in SQLAlchemy fieldsHow to define your column to store Pydantic models as JSON fields in SQLAlchemy ORM
2023Parametrizing Pytest FixturesHow and when to use parametrized fixtures in Pytest.

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Agent Engineering 6 posts

Building systems where the agent is the runtime: framework comparisons, evaluation strategies, and development patterns for agent-driven workflows. Code on GitHub.