Working Is Not a Quality Metric
There is a phase in building where everything looks fine. The happy path works. The UI renders correctly. The flow completes. The database write
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OpenSpec Optimizes Chaos, Not Tokens
I had OpenSpec in the wrong category for a while. I was evaluating it the way I evaluated everything else in my AI stack: does it reduce token u
Local Knowledge Beats Always-On Tools in AI-Assisted Development
For a while, I was asking the wrong question. I was looking at MCP servers, documentation retrieval, agent workflows, and project playbooks and
The Problem Is Not Prompting. It Is Context Decay.
The Problem Is Not Prompting. It Is Context Decay. The first AI coding problem looks like prompting. How do I ask better questions? How do I giv
Planning Is Where AI Work Becomes Reviewable
Planning Is Where AI Work Becomes Reviewable The risk with AI coding is not only that the agent might be wrong. The deeper risk is that it can b
Agent Tools Need Product Design Too
Agent Tools Need Product Design Too It is easy to think of an agent tool as a function call. Give the model a name, a description, a schema, and