David Wells - New writing https://davidwells.io Articles on web development, serverless, AWS, JavaScript, and AI by David Wells. en-us Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:44:00 GMT NAX: Multi-Model Agent Workflows on Netlify https://davidwells.io/blog/nax-multi-model-agent-workflows-on-netlify https://davidwells.io/blog/nax-multi-model-agent-workflows-on-netlify Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:44:00 GMT David Wells ai agents automation dev-tools netlify Multi-Agent Coding Without Worktree Chaos https://davidwells.io/blog/multi-agent-coding-without-worktree-chaos https://davidwells.io/blog/multi-agent-coding-without-worktree-chaos Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:17:00 GMT David Wells ai agents automation dev-tools git workflow Run Codex, Claude, & Gemini From GitHub Issues with Netlify Agent Runners https://davidwells.io/blog/run-codex-claude-and-gemini-from-github-issues https://davidwells.io/blog/run-codex-claude-and-gemini-from-github-issues Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:09:00 GMT David Wells ai agents github netlify Smart Deploys for Serverless Monorepos https://davidwells.io/blog/smart-deploy-serverless-monorepos https://davidwells.io/blog/smart-deploy-serverless-monorepos Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:59:00 GMT David Wells serverless ci-cd monorepos aws infrastructure automation Building a Forgiving CLI Argument Parser https://davidwells.io/blog/forgiving-cli-arg-parsing-with-dx-args https://davidwells.io/blog/forgiving-cli-arg-parsing-with-dx-args Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT David Wells javascript cli dev-tools parsing open-source Using superwhisper to speed up your dev flow https://davidwells.io/blog/how-to-use-superwhisper-to-say-stuff https://davidwells.io/blog/how-to-use-superwhisper-to-say-stuff Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:41:00 GMT David Wells Building Idempotent APIs with AWS Lambda Powertools https://davidwells.io/blog/building-idempotent-apis-with-aws-lambda-powertools https://davidwells.io/blog/building-idempotent-apis-with-aws-lambda-powertools Mon, 19 May 2025 14:30:00 GMT David Wells Powerful polling with waitFor https://davidwells.io/blog/powerful-polling-with-waitfor https://davidwells.io/blog/powerful-polling-with-waitfor Thu, 01 May 2025 12:55:00 GMT David Wells FAST Serverless JavaScript on AWS Lambda with LLRT https://davidwells.io/blog/fast-serverless-javascript-on-aws-lambda-with-llrt https://davidwells.io/blog/fast-serverless-javascript-on-aws-lambda-with-llrt Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:19:00 GMT David Wells Big risks. 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