• 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.
• A Demographic Collapse of Developers. Junior developer hiring is stalling. Meanwhile, the senior pipeline doesn't refill itself.
• Context Windows for People. You can't A/B test a performance review. When the feedback loop is too slow to iterate, you have to start with the right inputs -- and then try to break them before reality does.
• Let It Rate. With messy people data and long feedback loops, output schema isn't just an interface concern -- it's a useful steering mechanism.
• Being A Better Manager in the AI Era. AI is collapsing the value of coordination. If that was your primary value as a manager, you have a problem.
• AI Prompts are Wishes. AI prompts are wishes. The more powerful the wish, the bigger the potential for the curse.
• Know Your Models. Software engineers routinely juggle multiple AI models. Other disciplines will be encountering this soon.
• On choosing optimism? Optimism isn't the naive, easy position — it's the one that demands the most from you.
• Adaptive, not Compliance. AI is brilliant at adaptive processes. It's a terrible fit for compliance ones.
• Skilled Humans in the Loop. Human-in-the-loop only works if the human has (and retains) the skills to actually be in the loop.
• Your Brain on GPS. What happens to our navigation skills when we rely on GPS? And what might happen to our coding skills with AI?
• Having a Senior Moment. 2026: Wait, AI is a senior engineer now?