IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS

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Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.

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20 Apr 2026 · 27 min read

QC and TA Agents: Defining Quality and Technical Design (Part 6 of 12)

Part 6 of 12 — Build the QC Engineer and Technical Architect agents. QC writes test cases and acceptance gates before code exists. TA produces the technical spec, architecture decisions, and implementation plan. They run in parallel — the first big optimization in our pipeline.

26 Feb 2026 · 5 min read

The AI Technical Architect: Infrastructure, Security & Non-Functionals in the AI Era (Part 8 of 12)

Part 8 of 12 — How AI transforms the Technical Architect role: AI-assisted IaC generation, cost modelling, capacity planning, non-functional requirements analysis, disaster recovery planning, and the platform judgment that only experience provides.