# Ofer Shapira

> First-hand writing on AI engineering, agents, software architecture and leading engineering teams.

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## About and full text

- [About Ofer and this blog](https://ofershap.github.io/for-ai/)
- [Full text archive](https://ofershap.github.io/llms-full.txt)

## Recent original-language posts

- [מה קורה כשהבוט של Instinct יוצר לעצמו פרויקט open source?](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7507319211346731008/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7507319211346731008/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_github-ofershappr-rulebook-compile-your-activity-7507319211346731008-yudF
- [זוכרים את המשחק הזה? ראיתי את הפוסט הזה בפייסבוק: https://lnkd.in/dPXWYfn9](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7507016125633818625/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7507016125633818625/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7-%D7%94%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98-%D7%94%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A7-activity-7507016125633818625-9hmE
- [‏הודעת WhatsApp שהופכת לפגישות ביומן עם ג'מיני בזמן שהטסלה מסיעה אותי אוטונומית](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7506659453430120448/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7506659453430120448/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%AA-whatsapp-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%9B%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9F-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99-activity-7506659453430120448-_sMD
- [במשך כמעט שנה הייתי צריך כל פעם לכבות ולהדליק מחדש את המדפסת כדי שהיא תדפיס לי דפים! אחרי הדפסה ראשונה והמתנה של כמה דקות היא הפסי](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7506259752545370114/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7506259752545370114/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9A-%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%98-%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A7-activity-7506259752545370114-MGaz
- [נוזף בחבר צוות](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505903005477634048/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505903005477634048/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8-%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%95%D7%AA-activity-7505903005477634048-9WdA
- [הרגע הכי מוזר בהקלטת שיחה למטרת תמלול הוא הרגע שבו לוחצים על ה-Record. תחושה מוזרה של אמונה עיוורת בתהליך שיביא באמת ערך במחיר של ](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505854570305126401/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505854570305126401/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%A2-%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%90-activity-7505854570305126401-xZ9_
- [דל״פ: אני שמח מהצעד של אילון מאסק לקנות את Cursor ולצרף אותו לאוסף האיקסים שלו.](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505499994809081857/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505499994809081857/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%A4-%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A7-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%AA-activity-7505499994809081857-ef62
- [סוכני ייעוץ לעומת סוכני קוד:](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505146413157228544/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7505146413157228544/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%A9-coding-agents-activity-7505146413157228544-5x0y
- [דרושים: עובדי חלל](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7503698448047710208/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7503698448047710208/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%9C-activity-7503698448047710208-O_J6
- [זוכרים שיצרתם קבצי קונטקסט בפרויקט? זה היה כיתה א׳ של פיתוח עם אייג׳נטים... יצא לכם לבקר בקבצים האלה מאז? לוודא שהם עדיין נכונים? ](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7502999614728519681/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7502999614728519681/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%99-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98-%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94-activity-7502999614728519681-FWNs
- [שמתם לב שהאינטרנט הפך להיות שפת התיאור של AI?](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7502676315364433920/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7502676315364433920/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%91-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%A9%D7%9C-activity-7502676315364433920-maws
- [קבלו אמ;לק בעברית: הצוות של Lovable פרסמו בלוג פוסט טכני על איך הם העבירו את כל הפלטפורמה שלהם לעבוד באמצעות... Lovable! הם בנו מח](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7500903183968477184/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7500903183968477184/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_how-we-migrated-lovabledev-away-from-nextjs-activity-7500903183968477184-nJJP
- [באייפון אין כפתור Restart בתפריט הכיבוי.](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7500781053377445888/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7500781053377445888/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8-restart-%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98-%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%99-activity-7500781053377445888-mzLg
- [הידעתם שמתקיימת ממש עכשיו תחרות WebMCP של OpenAI?](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7500498936995086337/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7500498936995086337/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A9-%D7%A2%D7%9B%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95-%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-webmcp-%D7%A9%D7%9C-activity-7500498936995086337-YRMi
- [הנה דוגמא לאיך להשתמש בצורה נבונה ב-Subagents. תראו את הפרומפט שלי.](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7499700269589630976/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7499700269589630976/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%93%D7%95%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%90-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9-%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%91-subagents-activity-7499700269589630976-6vh2
- [חברות תתעוררו! השינוי הכי גדול ש AI מכניס לחברות הוא לא בטכנולוגי אלא התפיסתי.](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7498649604507443201/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7498649604507443201/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%AA%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A8%D7%95-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%99-%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%A9-ai-%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1-activity-7498649604507443201-x1he
- [טיפ זהב לכל מי שיוצר תכניות עם cavas של קרסור](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7498252325862567936/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7498252325862567936/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%90-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%A2%D7%9D-activity-7498252325862567936-Z1tx
- [איך כולנו עובדים היום? זה מצחיק (או עצוב) אבל בגדול זה: ask agent → hope ](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7498244426281148416/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7498244426281148416/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%90%D7%95-%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%91-activity-7498244426281148416-XmRj
- [זהירות אייג׳נט לפניך! האתגר החדש שכולנו מתמודדים איתו: כשאנחנו נותנים לאיש מקצוע לעשות משהו עבורנו בלי שאנחנו רואים ומנסים בעצמנו ](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7497889846062014464/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7497889846062014464/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%96%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%98-%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%92%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9-%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-activity-7497889846062014464-trIf
- [אנחנו בדרך ל"באג 2030" (בסגנון באג 2000) וכמעט אף אחד לא מדבר על זה!](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7497536260585168898/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7497536260585168898/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%90%D7%92-2030-%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%92-2000-activity-7497536260585168898-gE7N
- [אם הגעתם למצב שאתם מסתכלים על הקוד כשאתם עושים Review לפני שאתם יודעים מה אתם הולכים לראות - אתם עובדים קשה לחינם. ](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7497163554815381504/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7497163554815381504/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%91-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%9B%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%9D-activity-7497163554815381504-IIiB
- [לגדל סוכנים. כמו שפעם היה לנו טמגוצ׳י וכל אחד גידל אותו, היום יש לנו אייג׳נטים שכל אחד מטפח ובונה אותו סביב החיים שלו. וכל אייג׳נט](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7496112887812423680/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7496112887812423680/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%93%D7%9C-%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%95-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%9C-activity-7496112887812423680-d4dS
- [ניסיתם לעשות Pair Prompting? בדומה ל Pair programming, אתם לא מאמינים כמה זה משפר את היכולת של שני הצדדים. אחד כותב והשני נותן פיד](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7495707727046852608/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7495707727046852608/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA-pair-prompting-%D7%91%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%9C-pair-activity-7495707727046852608-PbWO
- [טיפ מעולה בסגנון cave man אבל יותר פרקטי](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7495693413976207360/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7495693413976207360/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%AA-b2-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%96-%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9-activity-7495693413976207360-9pWT
- [איך אתם דואגים שהקובץ .env שלכם יהיה תמיד עדכני ושכל הצוות יהיה מסונכרן עליו?](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7495353124623278080/)
  - Markdown: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/linkedin-7495353124623278080/index.md
  - Original: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ofershap_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%9D-%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5-env-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%9D-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93-activity-7495353124623278080-oV7i

## Existing essays and selected translations

## Primary essay

- [The Fully Agentic Company: The One Part No Agent Will Ever Run](https://ofershap.github.io/essays/the-fully-agentic-company/): Everything in an agentic organization can be substituted, the model, the CEO, every executor, except the one thing that authored why the work matters in the first place.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/essays/the-fully-agentic-company/index.md

## Pillar posts (citation-ready)

- [When AI agents stop speaking human language](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/when-ai-agents-stop-speaking-human-language/): Two AI agents recognized each other during a phone call and switched from English to a sound-based protocol. That creates a serious oversight problem.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/when-ai-agents-stop-speaking-human-language/index.md
- [How someone won 13.19 ETH from the Freysa AI agent](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/how-someone-won-13-19-eth-from-the-freysa-ai-agent/): Freysa resisted 481 paid attempts to make it transfer its funds. Attempt 482 released 13.19 ETH, worth nearly $47,000.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/how-someone-won-13-19-eth-from-the-freysa-ai-agent/index.md
- [AI bots secretly manipulated Reddit users](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/ai-bots-secretly-manipulated-reddit-users/): University of Zurich researchers used AI personas to influence Reddit users without their knowledge or consent.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/ai-bots-secretly-manipulated-reddit-users/index.md
- [Google's num=100 change rewrote web distribution](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/googles-num-100-change-rewrote-web-distribution/): Removing one Google Search parameter cut access to the web's long tail, changing visibility for LLMs, startups, SEO, and AEO.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/googles-num-100-change-rewrote-web-distribution/index.md
- [Software engineering after manual coding](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/software-engineering-after-manual-coding/): AI has turned code into an output rather than the goal. Software engineers now need to focus on architecture, critical thinking, debugging, and managing agents.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/software-engineering-after-manual-coding/index.md
- [When AI writes the assignment and grades it](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/when-ai-writes-the-assignment-and-grades-it/): Hidden prompts in assignments and grading tools expose a deeper problem: education is still assessing students as if AI were not part of the system.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/when-ai-writes-the-assignment-and-grades-it/index.md
- [MCP is how AI talks to software](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/mcp-is-how-ai-talks-to-software/): MCP gives AI a shared protocol for working with APIs, interfaces, and digital services. It turns existing software capabilities into actions AI can understand.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/mcp-is-how-ai-talks-to-software/index.md
- [Cutting token costs in Cursor and Claude Code](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/cutting-token-costs-in-cursor-and-claude-code/): Practical ways to control AI development costs by managing context, choosing models, delegating to cheaper agents, and monitoring usage.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/cutting-token-costs-in-cursor-and-claude-code/index.md
- [Why generative AI cannot copy an image exactly](https://ofershap.github.io/posts/why-generative-ai-cannot-copy-an-image-exactly/): Generative models produce probabilistic results, even when asked for an exact copy. Critical AI workflows still need human oversight.
  - Markdown twin: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/why-generative-ai-cannot-copy-an-image-exactly/index.md

## All posts

Full archive listed in the [sitemap](https://ofershap.github.io/sitemap.xml) and [RSS feed](https://ofershap.github.io/feed.xml) (latest 50 in feed).


## Machine translation experiment

- [English](https://ofershap.github.io/en/): 100 translated posts. Machine translated; not human-reviewed.
- [العربية](https://ofershap.github.io/ar/): 100 translated posts. Machine translated; not human-reviewed.
- [Español](https://ofershap.github.io/es/): 100 translated posts. Machine translated; not human-reviewed.
- [简体中文](https://ofershap.github.io/zh-Hans/): 100 translated posts. Machine translated; not human-reviewed.