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Context Loss and How to Prevent It

Why AI assistants forget what you told them, and practical strategies to prevent it. The difference between context that survives and context that gets lost.

· 6 min read

The Foundation-First Pattern

Why the most effective AI-assisted projects start with humans writing code by hand. The counterintuitive pattern that makes everything else work.

· 7 min read

Synthesis Project Management

Project management redesigned for AI capabilities. A craft that complements traditional PM tools by creating documentation AI can query, synthesize, and act on.

· 13 min read

How Claude's Memory Actually Works (And Why CLAUDE.md Matters)

Understanding Claude's context architecture changes how you work with it. The tradeoffs between automatic continuity and on-demand depth explain why persistent …

· 7 min read

What OpenAI's Sora Build Teaches Us About Synthesis Coding

Four engineers shipped a #1 Play Store app in 28 days using AI agents. Their approach validates the patterns I've been writing about — and adds new ones worth …

· 7 min read

Scaling Synthesis Coding in Your Organization

A practical guide for CTOs and engineering leaders: cost analysis, team rollout strategy, training curriculum, and metrics for adopting synthesis coding at s...

· 12 min read

Building ownwords: A Synthesis Coding Case Study

What separates synthesis coding from vibe coding isn''t the tools — it''s the decisions. This technical case study walks through the architectural choices,...

· 13 min read

Polyrepo Synthesis: Synthesis Coding Across Multiple Repositories with Claude Code in Visual Studio Code

I wrote this blog post for software engineers, architects, and technical leads. It is code-heavy and implementation-focused. This weekend I was working acr...

· 16 min read

Synthesis Coding with Claude Code: Technical Implementation and Workflows

A hands-on guide to practicing synthesis coding (a.k.a. synthesis engineering) with concrete examples, real workflows, and lessons from production systems ...

· 20 min read