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3 essays on engineering, systems thinking, and the craft of software.

2026

AI Agents, and What Do They Even Do?

Every developer building with agents eventually falls down the same rabbit hole. Here’s what I found at the bottom.

The Constraint Wasn't Technical. It Was Habitual.

How a five-minute conversation with a QA engineer changed the way we build.

Why I’m writing this (and why you might want to read it)

Real-world engineering lessons from the trenches of AI-native development.

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