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Thoughts on technical leadership, architecture, AI, and lessons from almost a decade of fractional CTO work.
- An Evidence-First Scorecard for AI EngineeringMay 22, 2026
An evidence-first AI engineering scorecard for small teams: have the agent inspect the repo, workflow evidence, automations, and agent instructions before asking humans how mature they feel.
- Native from Web — When the Spec Is Already RunningMay 11, 2026
Using a working web app as the behavioral spec for an Expo React Native app: hooks vs components, when cheaper models break down, and why parity needs a written trail for the next agent.
- Making SuperSubset: It's All About the SpecMay 2, 2026
Building SuperSubset taught me that the bottleneck in agentic development is the spec. The charts looked great. The tests passed. The product still failed.
- Stop Thinking in Prompts. Start Thinking in Skills.Apr 23, 2026
How to get more out of AI by treating skills — not prompts — as the unit of leverage. Lessons from a workshop on agentic engineering.
- Hello World: I Had AI Interview Me to Write This PostApr 14, 2026
I built a system where AI interviews me instead of writing for me. Did the first interview hands-free while driving. Here's how it works.