IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
5 articles
29 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
ai
AI adoption is up 65% but PR throughput only increased 8%. The gap between AI productivity hype and measured reality is large and explainable. Here's what the data actually shows, why the 10x narrative is misleading, and what to measure instead.
Read more06 Jun 2026 · 7 min read
AI coding
Is your Claude Code token usage insanely high? The culprit might be your architecture. Learn how DRY principles and clear system design slash AI token costs.
Read more05 May 2026 · 6 min read
agentic engineering
Forget vibe coding. This is a real workflow: plan with agents, verify with QA, review as human, ship to production. Here is what it actually looks like in practice.
Read more05 May 2026 · 7 min read
agentic engineering
Every AI coding session that skips planning costs 3x more in debugging. Here is how plan mode works in Claude Code, real rejection logs, and why the QA agent rejects most first drafts.
Read more03 May 2026 · 7 min read
AI coding
Vibe coding hit $4.7B in 2025. AI code has 2.74x more security vulnerabilities. 95% of AI pilots fail to create ROI. Here is the real story behind the hype -- and why founders need to be careful.
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