Articles

Deep dives into agent-first engineering, patterns, and production lessons.

Spec-Driven Agent Workflows: Why Intent Beats Prompt

How replacing ad-hoc prompts with structured specs transforms agent reliability from 40% to 95% task completion. A deep dive into the architecture of intent.

SpecsMarch 1, 202612 min
Agent Error Recovery: Building Self-Healing Pipelines

Practical patterns for agents that detect, classify, and recover from failures without human intervention.

Agent workflowsFebruary 24, 20268 min
AI Developer Experience Is Not What You Think

AI DX is not about better autocomplete. It is about restructuring the entire development loop around agent capabilities.

AI DXFebruary 18, 202615 min
Case: Autonomous Codebase Refactor at Scale

How we let an agent refactor 140 files across 3 services with zero regressions. The architecture, the guardrails, and the surprises.

ArchitectureFebruary 10, 202610 min
Building an Agent Runtime From Scratch

Why existing orchestration frameworks fell short and what we built instead. A minimal runtime for maximum control.

ToolingFebruary 3, 202611 min
Postmortem: When the Agent Hallucinated a Database Migration

A real incident where an agent generated and executed a destructive migration. What went wrong, what we learned.

PostmortemsJanuary 28, 20267 min
Fewer Controls, Better Control

The paradox of agent management: more configuration options lead to less predictable outcomes. How to design for constraint.

ArchitectureJanuary 20, 20269 min
Playbook: Writing Specs That Agents Actually Follow

A step-by-step guide to writing agent specs that are precise, testable, and composable.

SpecsJanuary 15, 202614 min