Ted Slocum

Programming, gambling, mindfulness, golf, well-being, opinions, and absurdity

17 Oct 2025

MCP is Under-Appreciated

I’ve heard it said that protocols are the most underrated force in the history of the internet. It’s surreal...
15 Oct 2025

I Built My First Agent

I sat down last weekend with Claude’s Agent SDK excited to build and deploy my first agent. It ingests errored wor...
15 Nov 2024

CI Part 1 -- Tool Journey and Jenkins Intro

Earlier this week, while buliding a React Native Mobile app and corresponding testing suite, I played around with differ...
12 Nov 2024

Maestro Part 2 -- From Basic Tests to Continuous Integration

Last week I wrote about my initial learnings with Maestro. Today I continue by sharing what I have learned while develop...
06 Nov 2024

Maestro Part 1 -- Mobile UI Testing and AI

This week I dove into Mobile UI Testing and Maestro. Here’s what stuck out: Mobile UI Testing As someone who&rsquo...