Alain Schlesser

@schlessera.dev

Agentic Engineer & Software Architect | AI Agent Systems · Context Engineering · MCP | 25+ Years Building Complex Systems | Google Developer Expert | Speaker

Sometimes, when my wife Carole and I take a selfie, we inadvertently trigger the camera's flash and that reveals our secret true selfs... 🫣 So, yes, it is true... Carole is a fairy and my name Alain is just a weak attempt at hiding that I'm an Alien! Don't tell anyone! 🙊

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Hi #WCAsia2025 friends, I am always eager to improve and to learn what works and what doesn't, so I want to ask you all a favor. If you have attended my talk live during the event or have watched the live stream, I would love to get feedback. 👉 asia.wordcamp.org/2025/session...

Alain Schlesser@schlessera.dev · 2y ago

I'll be on stage at #WCAsia2025 in less than an hour talking about the rapid paradigm shift #AI is bringing to human-machine interactions and how we produce and consume digital information. Come join me in Meeting Room 11 (Dagohoy) and find out how to manage this transition! 👋

I'll be on stage at #WCAsia2025 in less than an hour talking about the rapid paradigm shift #AI is bringing to human-machine interactions and how we produce and consume digital information. Come join me in Meeting Room 11 (Dagohoy) and find out how to manage this transition! 👋

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I'm sure it's a very common problem when you cannot switch on the lights in your home office because your light switch crashed due to a faulty SSD on your automation controller... right? Right?

Light switch with a built-in LCD panel showing a boot sequence.

There is an alternative version of the #boardgame called "Dorfromantik Sakura". It's not an extension, but a replacement. The base mechanics are the same, so you can start right away. However, it is a little bit more difficult and grows into more complex mechanics through its campaign. 👍

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Alain Schlesser@schlessera.dev · 2y ago

Lazy #boardgame afternoon with "Dorfromantik" ♟️🎲🧩 This time we finally got the last achievement (a region with 3 flags worth 40 points or more), so now we've unlocked all the game mechanics. 🎉

Overhead view of an ongoing board game of Dorfromantik, with the pieces assembled to form a large village.

Lazy #boardgame afternoon with "Dorfromantik" ♟️🎲🧩 This time we finally got the last achievement (a region with 3 flags worth 40 points or more), so now we've unlocked all the game mechanics. 🎉

Overhead view of an ongoing board game of Dorfromantik, with the pieces assembled to form a large village.

👏 @anthropic.com seems to best understand where the limitations of the #LLMs currently are - it's not about training bigger models at diminishing returns, but optmizing the ways you get the right context to the model. Can't wait to implement this locally: www.anthropic.com/news/model-c...

Introducing the Model Context Protocol

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, including content repositories, business tools, and development environments. Its aim...

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Question: For people trying to build reusable #JavaScript libraries, what is your absolute No. 1 top advice to ensure long-term maintainability across all the crazy pivots the language standard and ecosystem keeps throwing at you? What made the biggest difference for you?

Hey #GenAi crowd, Is Markdown the best format for collecting context over time? It offers a good tradeoff between semantic information and terseness, is human-readable and -editable and seems universally understood by all models. It's also hard to mess up its structure, as opposed to JSON. Thoughts?

Made a tip sheet on "How to Bluesky" Highlights: Mute, Block, Requiring Alt Text, Moderation lists, Labels, Badges, Feeds, Starter Packs, etc. Hopefully it makes the experience of getting started here a little bit easier. Feedback welcomed. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

How To Bluesky

How To Bluesky Ver 0.7 2025 Nov 05 By @ctsinclair.bsky.social Introduction Welcome to Bluesky! I am glad you are finding your way here. If you are used to Twitter (aka X), this is a brief guide to ...

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Hey #llm community, Is anyone using a system/framework for managing their own personal context at scale? Meaning, the ability to collect context over time and across projects, with the ability to include parts of it in requests in varying degrees of granularity and scope.