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Context-Driven Development

Essays on agentic software development, context-driven workflows, and the future of engineering.

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Essays

Code Got Cheaper. Judgment Did Not. AI makes first drafts faster. The hard part is knowing when generated work is trustworthy enough to ship, own, and learn from.
The Mythical Agent Month Code got cheaper. Coordination did not.
The Shape of the Work What changes when one engineer runs a fleet
A New Paradigm What happens when optimization becomes a loop you design, not work you do
Managing Agents The hard part was never getting code written
The Overnight Engineer What happens to software development when the work doesn't stop when you do
After Vibe Coding The reckoning comes at the maintenance window
Context Debt It compounds faster than technical debt, and it's invisible until it isn't
The Compound Agent Why the best AI work you'll ever do isn't the task—it's what you leave behind
The Approval Problem Why reviewing every agent output is killing your productivity—and what to do instead
Cron-Driven Agents From Always-On to Event-Driven AI Assistants
The Memory Problem Why Your Agent Keeps Forgetting and What Actually Works
The Context Engineer The Most Important Role Nobody's Hiring For
The Solo Agent Thesis Why one capable agent beats a swarm of specialists
The Role Factory Building Specialized Agents from One Model
The Personal Operating System From Reasoning Engine to Operating System
The Recipe, Not the Cake Why Prompts Are the New Source Code
The General-Purpose Agent Has Arrived Why Your Coding Assistant Is Actually a Reasoning Engine
When Everyone Runs a Factory Why Teams Can't Just Multiply Gas Town
Everyone Is a CTO Now 2025 in review, and what comes next
Computer, Ship It We built the voice. We forgot the ship.
Quality Is the Bottleneck Now Managing AI Development at Scale (Without Shipping Vibe-Coded Slop)
The Vibe PM Project Management in the Age of AI Agents
Agile Considered Harmful 2.0 Why AI Demands Context-Driven Development
Context-Driven Development Manifesto The revolution in software development starts with clarity