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I write about what actually happens inside engineering orgs. Not the polished version.

March 2026 Engineering 14 min read
How to Hyper-Optimize Claude Code: The Complete Engineering Guide

How to Hyper-Optimize Claude Code: The Complete Engineering Guide

16 concrete strategies to reduce token consumption by 60–90% while keeping Opus and Sonnet actively predicting. From .claudeignore to multi-agent architectures.

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May 2026 Strategy 14 min read
The Second Bill: How AI Agents Create Costs Your FinOps Team Can't See

The Second Bill: How AI Agents Create Costs Your FinOps Team Can't See

AI agents create a second bill: invisible to FinOps, landing on the wrong invoice, and breaking every financial model built for linear AI costs.

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May 2026 Engineering 12 min read
You Are a Senior Engineer: Why That Prompt Is Wrong

You Are a Senior Engineer: Why That Prompt Is Wrong

Expert persona prompting reduces factual accuracy by 3.6 points. Here are the four patterns that actually work - with a decision table and real session data.

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May 2026 Engineering 18 min read
Knowledge Graphs for AI Coding: What the Tools Actually Build (and What I Measured)

Knowledge Graphs for AI Coding: What the Tools Actually Build (and What I Measured)

Most tools marketed as knowledge graphs for AI coding are dependency graphs. I built three production KGs, ran the experiments on LangChain, and the results were not what the vendors claimed.

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May 2026 Strategy 11 min read
The Phantom AI Strategy: How to Tell in 30 Minutes if a Company Is Actually AI-Native

The Phantom AI Strategy: How to Tell in 30 Minutes if a Company Is Actually AI-Native

Every company says it's AI-first. After 30+ CTO interviews, I can tell you exactly which questions reveal the ones that aren't - and what the real ones say instead.

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May 2026 Leadership 11 min read
Why Companies Keep Losing the Best CTOs Before They Even Make an Offer

Why Companies Keep Losing the Best CTOs Before They Even Make an Offer

After 30+ CTO interviews in three months, I can tell you exactly where the best processes broke - and what the exceptional ones did differently.

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May 2026 Engineering 12 min read
Which Frontend Framework Wins in the AI Era

Which Frontend Framework Wins in the AI Era

Framework choice is no longer about developer ergonomics. In an AI-driven era, the winners will be frameworks that resist entropy, enforce constraints, and scale safely under continuous AI modification.

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May 2026 Engineering 16 min read
The AI Coding Shift: Why Strongly-Typed and Compiled Languages May Win

The AI Coding Shift: Why Strongly-Typed and Compiled Languages May Win

For 30 years, language choice was driven by developer productivity. AI changes the equation. When machines generate code, verification matters more than velocity.

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