AUG 18, 2026
You have more chances to fix your code with AI
It used to be that writing code and tests was where you spent most of your development time budget. Depending on your role, PR reviews of other people's code...
Field notes & project updates
Writing about the journey towards AI-Native Software Engineering in the weird new world of the LLM Coding Era.
Field Notes
SEP 1, 2026 · Latest
"Luxurious" Software Development with AI
If you ask any even slightly jaded software developer, they've likely worked on a project where having "nice things" cost too much developer time according to...
AUG 16, 2026
Escaping the AI slowdown trap
You know the feeling - you start a new project with AI assisted software development and you're absolutely flying. Knocking down features like they are pins in...
AUG 15, 2026
The one rule for working with AI in a team
While there are a lot of things one can learn about how to more effectively use AI with a team - there is really just one hard and fast rule:
AUG 14, 2026
Mr. Meeseeks (Metaphor for AI)
I'm not a big Rick & Morty enthusiast, but a colleague pointed me to this episode as a metaphor for working with coding agents, and boy, does it fit.
AUG 14, 2026
AI is planting the seeds of its own destruction
One of the obviously exceptional things about the current AI investment boom that we're in is how much money is being dumped into AI and LLMs, and how much...
AUG 12, 2026
VORA: Value Over Replacement Agent
I’m not the world’s biggest baseball fan, but I’ve always loved VORP - Value over replacement player. It’s an idea I’ve riffed on numerous times for various situations - basically take an average of X and evaluate individual emails, flows, etc against that average. What do those specific X bring to the table vs. the average? What makes them special and unique?