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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 26/09/2026

I've moved my newsletter to @buttondown.com. You can subscribe here if you're not already subscribed: www.danclarke.com/newsletter/ If you are already subscribed, there's nothing to do - I'll send a short email on Monday about the switch.

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 25/09/2026

📰 Newsletter 047 is out. Anthropic's Opus 5.5 is out and getting really good press, which is great after the hate Opus 5 was receiving! Claude is back! 🎉 And OpenAI also released GPT-6 Sol and Luna on the same day. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 18/09/2026

🎙️ New episode has just dropped! @guiferreira.me is back on the podcast for the first of two episodes, and this time we're chatting about Claude Code, including our favourite features and tips! #UnhandledException unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0089-g...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 18/09/2026

📰 Newsletter 046 is out. Anthropic has rebuilt Projects, starting in Claude Code - you describe the work in one conversation and Claude splits it across parallel cloud threads. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 11/09/2026

📰 Newsletter 045 is out. Anthropic and OpenAI both say their agents have produced machine-checked proofs of famous maths problems - Fermat's Last Theorem and Navier-Stokes. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 04/09/2026

📰 Newsletter 044 is out. Anthropic and OpenAI both shipped new flagship models this week, two days apart - Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 28/08/2026

📰 Newsletter 043 is out. GitHub was down 7h47m on the 17th. A VS Code bug sent 10x traffic at Copilot sign-in, keeping it down for hours after the rest recovered. Cursor launched its own code hosting that day. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 14/08/2026

📰 Newsletter 042 is out. The npm worm no longer needs npm install. It plants a VS Code task and a Claude Code hook, so a clone alone can be enough. Your agent's config directory is both the trigger and the target. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 07/08/2026

Brilliant tip from Tabish: point your coding agent at its own traces and ask what you keep doing by hand. Whatever it finds is your next skill. Never occurred to me to ask the agent to mine my own history like that. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0087-o... #UnhandledException

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 07/08/2026

Newsletter 041 is out. In a safety test, an AI agent tried to get malware into a real open-source project. Caught, it denied it, force-pushed away the evidence, then vouched for its own code from a second account. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 06/08/2026

"AI has eaten tactical programming. It's gone." A snippet from the latest #UnhandledException podcast episode with @mattpocock.com As an industry, how can we do technical coding interviews now AI writes all the code? unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0088-m...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 31/07/2026

New episode now out! I was honoured to be joined by @mattpocock.com to chat about his agent skills repo (nearly 200k stars!), including the /grill-me and /wayfinder skills; the death of tactical programming; whether sprints still make sense; and more! unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0088-m...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 24/07/2026

📰 Newsletter 039 is out - a double edition after a week off. My pick: OpenAI + Hugging Face disclosed a security test where the models broke out and stole the answer key. Plus .NET 11 union types, Kimi K3, and a Cursor 0-day. danclarke.beehiiv.com/p/newsletter...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 24/07/2026

Just had an awesome chat with @mattpocock.com for the next podcast episode! We geeked out on grill-me and his many other agent skills; AI for personal software; what are specs?; do sprints still fit?; and much more! Will aim to get it published next week. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 26/06/2026

Very excited to publish the latest #UnhandledException podcast episode! I was honoured to have been joined by Tabish Bidiwale, the creator of #OpenSpec! An #AI framework I use daily! It's amazing, so I really enjoyed geeking out with Tabish about it 😊 unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0087-o...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 12/06/2026

Enjoyed an awesome podcast discussion just now with Tabish Bidiwale, the creator of #OpenSpec! We covered A LOT! - really looking forward to publishing this one!! Should be out in about a week 😊🎙️ #UnhandledException #ai

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 16/05/2026

Really enjoyed recording a live-audience panel-based podcast discussion today at the @dddsouthwest.com conference! We chatted about what AI (surprise surprise) means for the software development industry. A massive thank you to the panel members, audience, and conference organisers! 🙏

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 08/05/2026

Blogged: "OpenSpec - a lightweight AI-driven spec framework" www.danclarke.com/openspec/ #ai #openspec

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 01/05/2026

April's newsletter has just dropped! 📰 Dev news from the past month; a dev pick; a dev comic pick; podcast updates; and more! Subscribe to get this in your inbox at the end of each month. Shares are greatly appreciated 🙏 danclarke.beehiiv.com #dotnet #ai #programming

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 24/04/2026

Blogged: "The Many Use Cases of AI Coding Agents" www.danclarke.com/the-many-use...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 10/04/2026

The next #UnhandledException is now live. I was joined by @woodruff.dev to chat about the power of keeping things simple in software development. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0085-s... #dotnet #softwaredev

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 21/03/2026

Nice! Just set up the new "Claude Code Channels" so I can talk to Claude Code via a Discord bot :)

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 27/02/2026

The next #UnhandledException podcast episode has now dropped! I was joined by @irina.codes and @jtowermi.bsky.social to chat about the @dotnetfoundation.org and their recent experience being elected onto the board! unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0084-d... #dotnet

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 24/02/2026

Enjoyed a lunch-time podcast recording with @woodruff.dev, chatting about simplicity-first and keeping things simple in software development. The episode will go live in a couple of weeks. #UnhandledException

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 06/02/2026

A massive thanks to @irina.codes and @jtowermi.bsky.social for joining me on the podcast just now! Really enjoyed geeking out about the @dotnetfoundation.org and their recent experience joining the Foundation's board! #dotnet #UnhandledException

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 31/01/2026

I've just sent out January’s newsletter. Dev news from the past month; a dev pick; a dev comic pick; podcast updates; and more! Subscribe to get this in your inbox at the end of each month. Shares are greatly appreciated. #dotnet #ai #programming danclarke.beehiiv.com

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 28/12/2025

A new #UnhandledException podcast episode has now dropped! 🥳 Had a great time chatting with @debbie.codes about #Playwright! We covered a ton of features, including the amazing Playwright MCP, with a lot of AI discussion thrown in too! unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0083-p...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 17/12/2025

The next #UnhandledException podcast episode dropped this morning! I was joined (for the 3rd time!) by James World to chat about AI and the Microsoft Agent Framework. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0082-j... #dotnet #ai

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 12/12/2025

Really enjoyed geeking out with @debbie.codes on the podcast about the amazing Playwright! Lots of AI chat too! 😊 The episode should be out in the next couple of weeks. Links to the podcast on all the major podcast platforms can be found on the podcast site: unhandledexceptionpodcast.com

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 21/11/2025

I told Nano Banana Pro to make my podcast banner look awesome 😂

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 21/11/2025

The next #UnhandledException podcast episode is now live! 🎙️ I was joined by Jeffrey Palermo to chat about AI-driven development and DevOps. Available in all major podcast apps. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0081-j...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 14/11/2025

Just finished recording an upcoming #UnhandledException podcast episode with Jeffrey Palermo (from the Azure & DevOps podcast) on “AI-driven development and DevOps”. Fascinating conversation - really enjoyed our chat! Will aim to publish before the end of the month. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 12/11/2025

The next episode of the #UnhandledException podcast is now live! 🎉 I'm a huge fan of @ohmyposh.dev - so it was amazing geeking out with the author of it - @jan.ohmyposh.dev! 🔥 unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0080-o...

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 26/10/2025

On the desktop, it looks like this.

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 26/10/2025

The spacing is because the about me button is intentionally grouped with the about me text. The other two buttons are separate.

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 18/10/2025

I enjoyed chatting with Olorunfemi Davis in the latest #UnhandledException podcast episode. We spoke about Microsoft Copilot Studio, Semantic Kernel, and AI in general. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0079-o... #dotnet

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 17/10/2025

This is so true. I've done this so many times where I naturually think optimistically about how long something will take, and it always takes longer.

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 26/09/2025

What does your terminal look like? Here's mine!

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 26/09/2025

Really enjoying geeking out with @jan.ohmyposh.dev about #ohmyposh for an upcoming #UnhandledException podcast episode! 🎙️🔥

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 12/09/2025

Enjoyed chatting with Olorunfemi Davis just now for the next #UnhandledException podcast episode! 🎙️ We chatted about AI, Microsoft's various Copilots (including Copilot Studio), Semantic Kernel, and more! Should be out in about a week. #dotnet #ai

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 07/08/2025

This was the dev comic pick from the July newsletter edition 🤣 (not sure of the original source sadly). Subscribe here for the newsletter in your inbox each month: danclarke.beehiiv.com Dev news ( #dotnet centric) (including #ai news), a dev comic pick, a dev tip, and more!

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 24/07/2025

I really need to do this more! /me looks at the hundreds of tabs and apps he has open 😬

Quote from Jim Kwik's Limitless: "If you’re working on your computer, shut down every application and every open tab other than the ones you absolutely need to perform the task at hand."

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 11/07/2025

The next #UnhandledException podcast episode has now dropped! I was joined by @guiferreira.me to chat about goal setting, time management, and productivity in general. unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0078-g... #dotnet #productivity

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 01/07/2025

The next #UnhandledException podcast has now dropped! I was joined by Shawn Wildermuth (@wildermuth.com) to chat about software development, AI, his career, and more! 🎙️ unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0077-s... #dotnet

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