Hybrid vs AI-Native: Why Developers Became Middle Management
In hybrid AI organisations, developers aren't above the stack — they're stuck in between it, relaying intent like middle managers in a bloated org.
The Work Moved Up the Stack: Code Is the Next Abstraction
The automatic transmission didn't kill the gearbox — it abstracted it. The same thing is happening to code. The work didn't vanish. It moved up to intent.
What if vi, but the whole UI was yours?
Neovim is a maze, Helix flipped the grammar, Zed left the terminal. So here's the editor I want: a tiny vi-like core with a UI you script entirely in Lua.
Agentic AI Was Invented in Melbourne
The agentic AI loop wasn't born in 2024. It was shipped from a Melbourne lab in 1991 — the BDI architecture — inspired by a Stanford philosopher's 1987 book.
AI Tech in One Sentence
Fifteen core AI concepts — from machine learning to agentic AI — each defined in a single sentence, ordered to build on each other into a mental model.
Systems, Incentives, and Carparks
A Malmö carpark, a Melbourne blackout, and the cheerful realisation that systems — not luck or geography — quietly decide what does and doesn't get built.
Every Schema Is a Worldview
SUMO tried to encode all of reality into first-order logic. Its directory listing is a philosophical argument most AI engineers have never encountered.
Most Software Issues Aren't Software
The real bottleneck in software development is not knowledge — it is processing. Ambiguity, cognitive load, and feedback latency are the upstream causes.
Software Dark Factories
Dark factories are coming to software. The shift from artifact-centric correctness to scenario-driven validation changes what you build and maintain.
Broken English Is Better Prompt Engineering
A 2025 study found Polish outperforms English in long-context LLM tasks. Ukrainian grammar instincts explain why — and how anyone can prompt better.
Why Your LLM Asks Questions (And Why You Should Too)
How RLHF trains models to seek clarification instead of guessing — and a four-agent pipeline that brings the same discipline to your own requirements.
Vibes-Driven Development: When AI Tooling Runs on Feeling
Most teams have no idea if their AI workflow investments are paying off. Here's what to actually measure instead of relying on vibes and excitement.