I'm Nic Wilson (@nicnonac). Final year Software Engineering at the University of Auckland. I work four days a week at Allexive building AI agents and automations for businesses.
I interned at Atlassian last summer. The thing that stuck with me: engineers aren't writing code anymore, they're reviewing what AI wrote. I'm joining Atlassian full time in February 2027. Until then I'm building as much as I can and putting all of it online.
Why I started posting
Most AI content is people reading announcements or selling prompt packs. I got frustrated because I'm wiring these systems together at work every day and the stuff online doesn't match what actually works.
So I started showing what I actually run. Real configs, real code, real tradeoffs. If I recommend something, I've used it on a paid project or in my own workflow. If something doesn't work, I say that too.
"I wanted to be the engineer who proves it with code, not thread-hooks."
Everything I post fits one of three buckets:
- Hacks:running premium dev tools for free. Claude Code with local Gemma, that kind of thing.
- Stacks:the exact tools on my machine. MCPs, Cursor setups, CLI extensions I actually use.
- Builds:full agent walkthroughs with source code. What broke and how I fixed it.
What's next
I'm growing a community of people who actually build with AI. Developers, indie hackers, technical founders. If you want the real setups and not the hype, that's what this is for.