• People Systems Are the Next Codebase. An HR team vibe coded their own performance review tool. The interesting part isn't the tool -- it's what it means for how we treat people processes.
• Resisting AI. The skeptics say AI is another Kubernetes — a misapplied tech hype cycle. I think it looks more like the Internet, and probably much more.
• Make it impossible, or Make it safe. My dad's safety philosophy turns out to be a great framework for agentic coding: don't bubble-wrap the world, engineer one where you can take risks.
• Early observations from Interviews with Engineering Teams Adopting AI. The teams succeeding with AI aren't the ones with the best tooling. They're the ones that changed how they work.
• The first PRs shipped by Customer Success. Last week our customer success team shipped their first two pull requests. It changed how we ship and how we communicate.
• Battleship Prompts. Same task, three different prompts. See which one gets closest. It's surprisingly effective and makes you a better prompter.
• A Demographic Collapse of Developers. Junior developer hiring is stalling. Meanwhile, the senior pipeline doesn't refill itself.
• The Claude Dichotomy. AI is creating a genuine dichotomy: teams drowning in AI-supercharged chaos, others are thriving. The difference is in the approach to transformation.
• Tool Augmented Prompting. Your linter, compiler, and test runner already talk to the AI. Make them say something useful.
• Do as I say not as I TODO. Your AI assistant holds a mirror up to your codebase. 5 ways to make sure it reflects the good parts.
• No agents, no plan, ship it. Why I prefer single-prompt one-shotting with AI coding tools over multi-step agents, swarms, and planning modes.
• Faster horses and AI Productivity. Not all AI productivity gains are real. A framework for telling the faster horses from the genuine improvements.
• The 'Comment-Only' Prompt. A new prompt I've found useful: Don't make any changes, just put a comment where you intend to make changes.
• What does it take to build towards 100 PRs/day per engineer? My day, my tooling, and the system changes that make high-volume AI-assisted shipping possible.
• What is the 'why now' of your startup? What is the 'Why Now' of your startup?
• Will we become gut bacteria for AI? What is the role for humanity in a world of AI?
• Do you feel comfortable being flown by an AI pilot? Self-Flying. Will AI and Machine Learning replace your Captain and First Officer?
• What will self-driving cars do to cities? Once we have electric and self-driving cars, what happens to all the land blighted and consumed by roads?