Practice
Drafting
Drafting
Why we stopped writing prompts and started writing specs
The shift from prompt-as-feature-description to spec-as-contract, and what changed when we made it.
// Field notes
Field notes from AI-native engineering.
Short essays on what actually changes when AI is in the loop, and what doesn't. Drafted from real ships. Published as they're written.
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Practice
Drafting
Drafting
Context is the program
Same model, same prompt, different context, completely different output. A practical guide to engineering what the model sees.
Manifesto
Planned
Planned
The unglamorous half of AI engineering
The work AI never adds unless told to: secrets, timeouts, idempotency, runbooks. Why this is the half that matters.
Manifesto
Planned
Planned
Architectural taste in a regression-to-the-mean machine
LLMs converge on the median codebase. Notes on the bets only humans can make, and why they compound.
Process
Planned
Planned
The intern test
A diagnostic for telling whether you're prompting an AI or programming with one. If it fails the test, you're not yet senior with AI.