Essays

Field notes on rewiring delivery around AI.

One essay per week, Mondays. Each one is a pattern I've watched land — or fail to — inside a real engineering org. No newsletter, no feed-burner; bookmark the page or subscribe via RSS.

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  1. №002

    What broke when we tried to just use Cursor

    Every engineering org I've watched install Cursor gets the same 20% bump. None of them stay there. Here's what actually moved the needle — and why it wasn't the editor.

    2026-04-22 1 min
  2. №001

    What AI-DD actually changes: a field map

    Five places delivery shifts when you rewire around AI: code structure, CI/CD, ticketing, rituals, docs. Before-and-after patterns for each.

    2026-04-15 2 min