Andrich van Wyk

Computer scientist, author, and AI engineer. I write here about AI and software engineering.

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An Opinionated Agentic Engineering Workflow

Mar 31, 2026·17 mins

A structured agentic engineering workflow for building production-grade software with Claude Code, covering context management, planning, implementation, testing, code review with subagents, and commit best practices.

Revisiting Java in 2021 - II

Sep 19, 2021·9 mins

Software Engineering Programming

A look at how Java 17 stacks up against Kotlin and Scala for development teams in 2021, and an overview of popular JVM technologies.

Revisiting Java in 2021 - I

Sep 1, 2021·8 mins

Software Engineering Programming

What does Java look like in 2021? An overview of Java 17, the latest LTS Java release, including Records, Sealed Classes, and Pattern Matching.

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