Tag: #AI

27 posts
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Production Is a Compiler Input

Production used to be the place where software went to fail. Observability made it the place where software becomes legible.

Apr 20, 2026
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The Phoenix Primitives

The architecture of a regenerative system is defined entirely by what you can't delete.

Apr 13, 2026
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The Generative Stack
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The Generative Stack

Trying to find the best tool or platform for generative software in 2026 is a mistake that could haunt you for decades

Apr 7, 2026
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The Conversation Is the Commit

Here’s a scene every working programmer has lived.

Mar 26, 2026
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Oguzhan Soykan

Your traces are the best context window an agent will ever get

Keeping your traces close to your e2e testing execution, and your feedback cycle as short as possible is more important than ever.

Mar 12, 2026
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Compile to Architecture

For a long time we’ve treated frameworks as the target of software development. But if systems are meant to be regenerated and replaced safely, the real compilation target has to be the architecture itself.

Mar 6, 2026
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Helen's Page

Why We Write

On becoming more alive

Feb 15, 2026
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The Industrialization of Regenerative Software

The “AI software factory” metaphor is seductive.

Feb 11, 2026
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Journey to the End of the Shelf

Douglas Adams on AI, Before There Was AI

A passage from one of the author’s comic novels of the 1980s clarifies a key user flaw of our AI present

Jan 31, 2026
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Alexia's Ocassional Ramblings

On AI Contribution Policies

You should have one, and you should say "no".

Jan 30, 2026
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Muckin' Around

Muckin’ Around: An AI Manifesto

Why start a blog in 2026 anyway...

Jan 28, 2026
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The Broken Trust Bridge: How AI Shattered the 70-Year CV and How to Rebuild Hiring

The Broken Trust Bridge: How AI Shattered the 70-Year CV and How to Rebuild Hiring

The foundation of the hiring process has been irreparably changed. For 70 years, the Curriculum Vitae (CV) served as the primary trust mechanism between candidates and employers. It was a tangible work sample that demonstrated writing ability, organizational skill, and attention to detail, creating a starting point for an honest dialogue.

Jan 26, 2026
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The Deletion Test

Here’s a simple test you can apply to any software system you work on:

Jan 23, 2026
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UI Is a Conservation Layer

Why the user interface is the last to become regenerative

Jan 21, 2026
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Stuff My Bot Said

RFC 9001 - The Feelings Transport Protocol (FTP)

(Internet-Draft. Expires whenever feelings do.)

Jan 19, 2026
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Provenance Is the New Version Control

When code can be thrown away and recreated, the unit of change is no longer lines of code. It’s reasons. Version control has to follow.

Jan 12, 2026
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n=1 Is a Design Constrain (Not a Staffing Model)

Single-developer capability isn’t a productivity story. It’s the test that tells you whether your architecture is worth keeping.

Jan 7, 2026
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Relocating Rigor

The Discipline That Looks Like Recklessness

Jan 6, 2026
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The System Is the Asset

Why Regeneration Does Not Mean Starting Over

Jan 5, 2026
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Conceptual Mass and the Compaction Discipline

As I mentioned in a previous post, at Wunderlist, we had a rule: any new service had to be "this big", a constraint I'd demonstrate by holding my fingers a few inches apart. The metric wasn't about lines of code. It was about replaceability.

Jan 2, 2026
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Immutable Infrastructure, Immutable Code

Why "Never Upgrade in Place" Now Applies to Software

Dec 30, 2025
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Evaluations Are the Real Codebase

Why behavior outlives implementations

Dec 29, 2025
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The Gradient of Trust

Better shapes beat better prompts

Dec 28, 2025
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Code Was Never the Asset

Why AI makes the hidden economics of software unavoidable

Dec 24, 2025
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Pace Layers and AI Integration

Not all software should change at the same speed.

Dec 23, 2025
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The Death and Rebirth of Programming

Programming didn't die all at once. There was no single moment, no dramatic obsolescence event. Instead, something quieter happened: the core constraint that shaped software for seventy years dissolved. Writing code stopped being the hard part.

Dec 22, 2025
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Regenerative Software

Software is entering a strange new phase.

Dec 21, 2025
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