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The Map
AI agents keep getting better at code and no better at your company. On what a repository cannot tell them, and a map of the system that keeps itself current.
The First Button
The planning stage everyone skips because it looks like paperwork — epics that never close, stories kept in heads, and the bill that arrives later.
The Ant Colony
Every standup was short. Every deadline made sense. Nothing was ever blocked. We took that for a sign things were going well.
The Nuclear Reactor in Your Codebase
Building with AI got us shipping faster than we can read. The codebase is too distributed for any one mind to hold. On what we stopped seeing.
The Moon, Again
NASA flew humans to the Moon for the first time in 53 years. A legacy project revival run in public. What software teams refuse to do, even on camera.
The Revolution Has No Manual
AI isn't taking our jobs. The post-pandemic economy is correcting itself, and AI is getting the credit. The fear is aimed at the wrong target.
When Everyone Has a Superpower
AI gave everyone the same superpower. Now everything looks the same. On homogeneity, creative atrophy, and why imperfection is the next edge.
Everyone's an Accidental Engineering Manager Now
AI agents turned every developer into a manager overnight. The hardest skills were never about code — and now they matter more than ever.
The Hardest Refactor: From Engineer to Manager
Moving from engineer to manager isn't a promotion — it's a career change. On perfectionism, team diversity, and earning leadership one small moment at a time.