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Engineering, AI agents, development practices.
AI amplifies. Five fundamentals decide which way.
Why AI accelerates some engineering teams and makes others fragile: the five fundamentals that decide which way, the tensions that betray them, and the ERA self-diagnostic to locate yourself. DORA 2025 data.
Read article →From Quarterly Releases to Daily Earnings
A financial metaphor for understanding why shipping in small increments isn't just agile hygiene: it's a compounding, risk-reduction, and information mechanism.
Read article →Mikado Method in Action: an Agent Refactoring Replayable Commit by Commit
A complete hands-on case of the Mikado Method skill: decoupling a BillingService from its SMTP client, cycle by cycle, with a repo where every commit is green.
Read article →Mikado Method: the Skill That Turns the Method into Non-Negotiable Rules
Knowing the Mikado method isn't enough for AI agents. This open source skill enforces it: confirmation gates, code-free exploration, one commit per leaf.
Read article →Taming Agentic Refactoring with the Mikado Method
AI agents fail on legacy code, not because of the model but the framework. The Mikado method provides the discipline they need.
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