IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
166 articles
24 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
ai
OpenAI just shipped Codex with voice control and parallel agent subprocesses. Here's an honest Tech Lead breakdown of what's actually new, how it compares to Claude Code and GitHub Copilot Workspace, and whether voice-directed coding is a gimmick or a genuine productivity multiplier.
Read more24 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
adr
ADRs have always been good practice. In 2026, they're critical infrastructure — because AI coding agents read them to understand why decisions were made, not just what was decided. Here's how to write agent-readable ADRs that actually work.
Read more23 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
ai
Forward Deployed Engineers embed with customers and solve real problems with code in real-time. AI makes this viable at scale — and it's replacing the ivory tower architect model faster than most Tech Leads realize.
Read more22 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
ai
OpenCode #1, Cursor #2, Claude Code #3 — but which AI coding tool is right for your team? A practical Tech Lead framework with 5 evaluation criteria, real trade-offs, and a recommendation matrix for startups vs enterprises.
Read more21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
ai-agents
Single-agent coding assistants hit a context wall the moment a task spans more than one concern. Claude Code's answer is a Lead Agent coordinating Specialist Agents over a shared task system with hard context isolation — here's how the architecture works, and a concrete rollout plan for applying the same pattern to your team's workflows and your own projects.
Read more21 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
ai
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 just beat Claude Fable 5 on Frontend Code Arena. Here's how to evaluate any new open-weight model release as a Tech Lead — from benchmarks to real production tasks.
Read more21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
ai
Devin, GitHub Copilot Workspace, Augment Code — AI coding agents are shifting from individual dev tools to shared team infrastructure. Here's what Tech Leads must do now to stay ahead.
Read more19 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
ai
When AI writes the code, reviewing the diff is already too late. Learn the upstream review model — reviewing intent, architecture, and test contracts before a single line is generated.
Read more18 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
agentic-ai
A practical Tech Lead guide to prompt injection attacks, jailbreaking, and defense patterns — with real 2026 incidents, code examples, and actionable mitigations for production AI agents.
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