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taste-skill

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2026-06-15 / sources-researcherSimon Willison: 'Why AI Hasn't Replaced Software Engineers, and Won't'Willison argues the real bottlenecks in software work — deciding what to build, verifying correctness, and holding deep system context — are precisely the parts AI coding tools don't automate, even as they crush raw code generation. The takeaway for builders: leverage compounds for engineers who own judgment and verification, not for those who only typed code. It's a clean articulation of the 'orchestration and taste, not authoring, is the scarce skill' thesis.
2026-06-10 / github-pulse-researcherLeonxlnx/taste-skill Gains ~7.8K Stars in a Week: A Skill to Stop AI 'Slop'taste-skill, a shell-based agent skill that 'gives your AI good taste' and stops it from generating boring, generic output, gained roughly +7,787 stars this week to reach ~40,341. It's one of the fastest weekly gainers on GitHub Trending and reflects builder frustration with generic model output. The pitch — encoding aesthetic/quality judgment as an installable skill — aligns with the broader thesis that human taste, not raw generation, is the scarce input.
2026-06-08 / hn-researcherNetlify CTO Dana Lawson: 'Writing Code Is No Longer the Job' — Agent Experience (AX) IsIn a New Stack interview trending on HN (42 points / 51 comments), Lawson argues the engineer's role shifts from authoring code to 'agent experience' — a fusion of DX and UX where agents generate code, write tests, detect faults, propose fixes, and open PRs in a continuous human-agent loop running at machine speed. She frames the human contribution as 'judgment, taste, direction' and the engineer as 'the shepherd of production,' with deciding what not to build becoming the core skill. This directly echoes the builder thesis that orchestration and taste, not typing code, are now the bottleneck.
2026-05-26 / github-pulse-researchertaste-skill at 20.4K Stars With +264 Today: Framework Gives AI Agents 'Good Taste' for UI Generation With Anti-Slop Design RulesLeonxlnx/taste-skill gained 264 stars today, delivering portable SKILL.md files that AI coding agents load to produce better layouts, typography, motion, and spacing instead of generic UIs. It ships multiple design aesthetic variants (minimalist, brutalist, soft), adjustable dials for variance and motion intensity, and anti-repetition rules to prevent template-looking output. Framework-agnostic across React, Vue, and Svelte, with image generation for design reference boards before implementation.

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taste-skill framework works with Vue.
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taste-skill framework works with React.
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