IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS

Journal

Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.

15 articles

21 Mar 2026 · 16 min read

The AI Bridge: How Product Owners and Developers Finally Speak the Same Language

Product owners think in outcomes. Developers think in systems. AI can bridge that gap — with the right documents, workflows, and prompts. Here's exactly how.

20 Mar 2026 · 8 min read

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Google Stitch + Claude Code: Build Professional Websites in Hours, Not Weeks

A practical guide to combining Google Stitch (free AI design tool) with Claude Code to create branded, production-ready websites — without the generic AI template look.

20 Mar 2026 · 16 min read

AI for the Other 80%: Requirements, Documentation, and Decisions (Part 13 of 13)

Part 13 of 13 — Code generation gets all the hype, but AI's biggest impact might be in the 80% of development that isn't writing code: requirements, docs, architecture decisions, and communication.

19 Mar 2026 · 17 min read

When Five Developers Use AI on the Same Codebase: The Team Collaboration Challenge (Part 8 of 13)

Part 8 of 13 — AI works differently for every developer. How to establish team conventions, shared context, consistent quality, and avoid the 'five different architectures' problem.

19 Mar 2026 · 17 min read

Debugging with AI: When AI-Generated Code Breaks in Production (Part 12 of 13)

Part 12 of 13 — The series covered how to prevent bugs. This post covers what to do when they slip through. How to use AI as a debugging partner without chasing its hallucinations.

17 Mar 2026 · 18 min read

How to Talk to AI: Prompt Patterns That Actually Work (Part 11 of 13)

Part 11 of 13 — The series covered WHAT to do with AI. This post covers HOW to communicate with it. Prompt patterns that produce usable code, not impressive demos.

16 Mar 2026 · 16 min read

The AI Trust Boundary: What to Never Delegate and What to Always Verify (Part 7 of 13)

Part 7 of 13 — AI doesn't understand threat models. How to define your trust boundary, handle security-critical code, and build guardrails that protect your users.

12 Mar 2026 · 20 min read

Testing Code You Didn't Write: A Developer's Guide to Verifying AI Output (Part 6 of 13)

Part 6 of 13 — AI-generated code needs different testing strategies. How to write tests that catch what AI gets wrong, use AI to generate test cases, and build a testing workflow for AI-assisted development.

11 Mar 2026 · 16 min read

The AI-Assisted Development Playbook: Honest Lessons and What Comes Next (Part 10 of 13)

Part 10 of 13 — Everything we learned building BuildRight with AI, the mistakes we'd make again, the ones we wouldn't, and where AI-assisted development is heading.