AI can't be accountable
AI can write the docs, tickets, and code, but when gates get weaker something goes wrong, someone still has to own it.
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AI fatigue
An honest reflection on AI - its omnipresence, the pressure it brings, and how it's changing the environment I build and work in.
Trying OpenSpec - A Lighter Approach to Specification-Driven Development
My opinions after building some features with OpenSpec, focusing on workflow and how it changes the way you work with AI.
Spec-Driven Development with SpecKit
My experience with SDD - specifically testing out SpecKit from GitHub and sharing my thoughts.
Domain Orchestrator - A retrospective
A look back at what went well, and things I would change or do differently
Domain Orchestrator - Our migration strategy
An insight into our migration strategy, from building observability-first dashboards to testing in production with shadow mode and executing a safe, phased rollout
Domain Orchestrator - Designing our orchestrator
How we designed our orchestrator using DDD and Ports & Adapters, and the considerations we made to build a system that was robust, scalable, and solved our core business problem.
Domain Orchestrator - The smart consumer
A look at how a simple, coupled architecture, which worked well in the early days, slowly eroded our team's autonomy as the business scaled.
Domain Orchestrator - How we reclaimed our core business logic
A case study on migrating a critical path, risk-assessment system from a consumer-driven architecture to a domain-owned orchestrator
Common Table Expressions (CTEs), in MySQL 8
An introduction to CTEs in MySQL 8, including a guide to to begin playing around with them on your machine
