<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>AI Engineering on Brian Swiger</title><link>https://www.mightybs.com/tags/ai-engineering/</link><description>Recent content in AI Engineering on Brian Swiger</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><copyright>© 2026 Brian Swiger</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:24:00 -0400</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mightybs.com/tags/ai-engineering/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Flat-Rate AI Era is Dead: Inside the Token Crisis</title><link>https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-06-12-the-flat-rate-ai-era-is-dead-inside-the-token-crisis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:24:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-06-12-the-flat-rate-ai-era-is-dead-inside-the-token-crisis/</guid><description>With major developer tools shifting away from flat-rate pricing to metered token billing, Token Crisis emerges as a hilarious yet sobering look at our AI prompt habits. This post breaks down why our token budgets are disappearing in minutes and how to practice better token conservation.</description><media:content xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-06-12-the-flat-rate-ai-era-is-dead-inside-the-token-crisis/featured.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Power of a Second Opinion: Why GitHub Copilot's Rubber Duck Agent Changes the Game</title><link>https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-05-22-the-power-of-a-second-opinion-why-github-copilots-rubber-duck-agent-changes-the-game/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:18:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-05-22-the-power-of-a-second-opinion-why-github-copilots-rubber-duck-agent-changes-the-game/</guid><description>AI code generation is fast, but catching subtle architectural flaws is hard. Inspired by Thomas Thornton&amp;rsquo;s insights, this post explores how the GitHub Copilot Rubber Duck agent utilizes separate model families to act as a true code reviewer inside the Copilot CLI.</description><media:content xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://www.mightybs.com/posts/2026-05-22-the-power-of-a-second-opinion-why-github-copilots-rubber-duck-agent-changes-the-game/featured.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>