Posts
- What the Diff Already Knows AI-assisted An LLM reading a git diff cold can classify the nature of the work - feature, rework, refactor - with a granularity that file-level metrics can't touch.
- What the Numbers Show AI-assisted I've been tracking machine hours, session concurrency, and code rework across my agentic workflows. The most useful thing the data surfaced wasn't about the machines.
- Support Theater AI-assisted Six agents, one thread, zero investigation - what happens when customer support optimizes for the performance of help instead of help itself.
- From Assisted to Agentic AI-assisted AI tool adoption is nearly universal among engineering teams, but the workflows underneath haven't moved.
- The Layer Above AI-assisted The Codex-vs-Claude-Code debate is comparing the wrong layer.
- The Stack You Carry AI-assisted Most political disagreements aren't about different values - they're about different rankings of the same values.
- A Higher Gear AI-assisted AI agents promise to clear the noise from daily life. The temptation is to fill the space with more ambition, not more presence.
- Finding the Edge of AI Trust AI-assisted What happens when you over-trust your AI agents and misdirect a client's leadership team.
- Outsourcing the Thinking AI-assisted What happens when AI-generated artifacts substitute for human judgment - and the falls are too slow to feel until they've already happened.
- The Assumed Room AI-assisted The difference between political conviction and political assumption - and what happens to the people who think differently but stay quiet.
- Expedition, Excursion, Errand AI-assisted A methodology for solo developers using AI agents - when to plan deeply, when to parallelize, when to iterate.
- Building for Communities You Belong To AI-assisted What happens when you use your skills to build software for a community you're already part of.
- The AI Consultant's Window AI-assisted There's an opportunity for consultants who can wield AI coding tools. The question is how long it stays open.
- The Disposable Software Era AI-assisted When building software becomes cheaper than buying it, the economics of SaaS start to look different.