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4 articlesThe Part of Your Job AI Can't Do (And Why It Matters More Now)
There's a lot of anxiety about AI making engineering skills obsolete. But the most valuable part of what you do was never the typing. The judgment, the architec
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.
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 s
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,...