AI 9 min read
Before You Build an AI Harness, Become the Harness
Before building software around an LLM, manually provide the tools and context it would have. The interventions reveal whether the workflow deserves a harness.
#software-engineering
14 posts
AI 12 min read
Carbon Chooses, Silicon Scales
AI may surpass humans at many kinds of thinking without replacing humanity. The real question is whether that intelligence stays accessible to everyone.
AI 16 min read
AI Feels Faster. The Data Is Less Certain.
AI coding tools feel transformative, but the productivity evidence is mixed. Part 2: perceived speed vs measured outcomes, and why review is the bottleneck.
AI 16 min read
AI-Native Software Engineering Isn’t About AI
AI-native engineering isn't about how much AI you use. It's a development model where AI is a primary participant in building software, not an assistant.
AI 18 min read
The Future of Software Engineering Is an Operating Model
AI-native engineering isn't about removing humans. Part 5: how roles, teams, economics and accountability shift when implementation stops being the main work.
AI 19 min read
The Model Is Only One Part of the System
A useful AI workflow takes more than a better prompt. Part 3: specifications, context engineering, agent workflows, and the harness that enforces boundaries.
AI 18 min read
When Agents Scale, Coordination Becomes the Product
One agent can misunderstand a requirement; several misunderstand it differently. Part 4: coordination, multi-agent orchestration and verification at scale.
AI 16 min read
The Model Is Not the Development Environment
I spent 12 million input tokens on a small monorepo change. The problem was not the model. It was the development environment around it.
AI 11 min read
AI Speeds Up Coding, Not Engineering
An opinionated workflow for building good-enough software with AI coding agents without surrendering architecture, judgment, or security.
Software Engineering 11 min read
I Couldn't Become a 10x Developer
Chasing 10x across six projects, several languages and a pile of AI agents — and the quiet realization that 1.5x is honest work.
Software Engineering 13 min read
We Abused POST for Years. HTTP QUERY Is the Apology.
Complex read-only queries have hidden inside POST /search for years. The HTTP QUERY method is safe, idempotent, and built for body-heavy reads.
Software Engineering 11 min read
Why Is Laravel So Underrated?
Laravel gets dismissed as outdated PHP, yet it still ships serious business applications faster than most modern stacks. Why it's still my backend default.
AI 6 min read
Learning in an AI-Driven World is a Paradox
AI changed the feedback loop between learning and building. I ship faster than ever, yet some days I know less than ever. What that paradox means for you.
Software Engineering 6 min read
I Built a Tiny Task Tracker Because Jira Was Too Much for My Animation Team
When Jira, ClickUp and OpenProject overwhelmed a non-technical creative team, I built a small app focused on backlog pull, visibility and simplicity.
