Matthew Hou

Software engineer who spends too much time making AI do actual work. Writing about what I've tried, what worked, and what didn't. Building tools at updatewave.gumroad.com.

Joined on Jan 23, 2026 https://updatewave.gumroad.com

Matthew Hou

Feb 22

Your First Week With an AI Coding Agent: A Realistic Timeline

#ai #beginners #programming #productivity

2 min read

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Matthew Hou

Feb 22

The Real Cost of Running AI Coding Agents (It's Not What You Think)

#discuss #ai #programming #productivity

2 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 22

My Tech Interview Prep System (No Leetcode Grinding Required)

#discuss #career #programming #beginners

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 22

You're Not Behind on AI. Here's a Practical Starting Point.

#discuss #ai #career #beginners

2 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 22

I Let AI Write My Code for a Week. Here's What It Got Wrong Every Time.

#discuss #ai #programming #productivity

2 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 22

Your First Week With an AI Coding Agent: A Realistic Timeline

#ai #beginners #programming #productivity

2 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 22

The Real Cost of Running AI Coding Agents (It's Not What You Think)

#discuss #ai #programming #productivity

2 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 21

We Turned Off Dependabot. Our Codebase Is Healthier Than Ever.

#programming #devops #security #beginners

2 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 21

I Spent $847 Running AI Agents for a Month. Here's the Spreadsheet.

#ai #productivity #programming #beginners

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 20

I Mass-Deleted 40,000 Lines of Code. Here's the Playbook.

#programming #productivity #career #codequality

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 20

I Analyzed How 5 ATS Systems Actually Read Your Resume. Most Advice Online Is Wrong.

#career #programming #productivity #ai

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 20

I Made a Fight Scene with AI Video in 40 Minutes for $20 — Here's Exactly How

#ai #video #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 20

llms.txt Is the New robots.txt — Why Every Developer Should Care

#ai #webdev #programming #beginners

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 20

Gemini 3.1 Pro Just Dropped — Here's What Changed and Why It Matters

#ai #google #llm #programming

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The Promotion I Didn't Get Taught Me More Than the One I Did

#career #programming #growth #advice

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Every Web Developer Should Know These 10 Security Basics. Most Don't.

#security #webdev #programming #beginners

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Your App Has Zero Monitoring and You Don't Know It's Broken. Here's the Minimum Setup.

#devops #monitoring #programming #webdev

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

I've Worked Remotely for 4 Years. Here's My System for Not Going Insane.

#remote #productivity #career #programming

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The 15 Developer Tools I Can't Live Without in 2026 (And Why)

#tools #productivity #programming #webdev

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

12 Red Flags in a Technical Interview That Tell You NOT to Take the Job

#career #interview #programming #advice

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

How I Learn a New Programming Language in 2 Weeks (Not 2 Months)

#learning #programming #career #beginners

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

GraphQL vs REST: I've Used Both in Production for 3 Years. Here's When to Use Each.

#graphql #api #webdev #programming

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Your GitHub Profile Is Your Second Resume. Here's How to Make It Work for You.

#github #career #portfolio #beginners

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

I Got My First Open Source PR Merged After 7 Rejections. Here's What I Learned About Contributing.

#opensource #github #programming #beginners

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The Art of Naming Things in Code (With a Cheat Sheet You'll Actually Use)

#programming #cleancode #webdev #beginners

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Things Nobody Told Me Before My First Dev Job That Would Have Saved Me Months of Pain

#career #beginners #programming #advice

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Redis Is Not Just a Cache. Here Are 7 Things You Can Build With It.

#redis #database #programming #webdev

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Your .env File Is a Ticking Time Bomb. Here's a Better Way to Manage Configuration.

#security #devops #programming #webdev

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

We Moved to Microservices and Our Delivery Speed Dropped by 40%. Here's What We Should Have Done.

#microservices #architecture #devops #programming

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

We Were Paying $14,000/Month on AWS. I Got It Down to $3,800. Here's How.

#aws #devops #cloud #programming

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Your Test Suite Is Lying to You. 90% Coverage and Zero Confidence.

#testing #programming #webdev #javascript

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Our CI/CD Pipeline Went From 45 Minutes to 8 Minutes. Here's Every Optimization.

#cicd #devops #programming #automation

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The Developer Productivity System I Built in Notion (With Templates You Can Steal)

#productivity #tools #programming #webdev

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

My Side Project Makes $2K/Month. Here's Every Mistake I Made Getting There.

#sideprojects #startup #entrepreneurship #webdev

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The Debugging Framework That Finds Every Bug in Under 30 Minutes

#debugging #programming #productivity #beginners

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

10 TypeScript Tricks That Made Me Mass-Delete Type Assertions From Our Codebase

#typescript #javascript #webdev #programming

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

I Built an AI Agent That Runs My Side Business While I Sleep. Here's the Architecture.

#ai #automation #programming #tutorial

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Anthropic Just Banned Subscription API Access for Third Parties. Here's Why It Matters More Than You Think.

#discuss #ai #programming #career

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

How I Do Code Reviews: A Checklist That Catches Real Bugs, Not Style Nitpicks

#discuss #programming #productivity #codereview

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

PostgreSQL Features You're Not Using But Should Be (With Real Examples)

#postgres #database #programming #tutorial

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

7 Git Commands I Wish I Learned Before Embarrassing Myself in Front of the Whole Team

#git #programming #beginners #productivity

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Stop Using Docker Like It's 2020. Here's How Production Actually Works in 2026.

#docker #devops #programming #tutorial

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

AI Won't Replace Programmers. But It Already Replaced the Job You Were Hired For.

#discuss #ai #career #programming

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The System Design Interview Is Broken. Here's How to Pass It Anyway.

5 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

The Exact Scripts I Used to Negotiate $45K More in Comp. Exposed, Line by Line.

#discuss #career #beginners #productivity

6 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

I Shipped a SaaS MVP in 72 Hours Using "Vibe Coding." Here's What Went Right and What Almost Killed the Project.

#aiwebdevprogrammingstartup

6 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 19

Claude Code vs Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: What Nobody Tells You After Using All Three

#ai #programming #productivity #webdev

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 18

The Complete Guide to Tech Job Search in 2026 (Tools, Strategy, and Timeline)

#discuss

4 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 18

How I Use AI to Prepare for Coding Interviews (Without Cheating)

#productivity

3 min read

Matthew Hou

Feb 18

8 Algorithm Patterns You Need for Coding Interviews (With Code Templates)

#beginners

3 min read

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