From the Trenches
Denis StetskovPractical engineering management lessons learned in the trenches of scaling tech teams.
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The Snake That Ate Itself: What Claude Code’s Source Revealed About AI Engineering Culture
On December 27, 2025, Anthropic’s lead engineer Boris Cherny posted on X: “In the last thirty days, 100% of my contributions to Claude Code were written by Claude Code.” 259 pull requests. 497 commits. 40,000 lines added. 1.3 million views....
Your CLAUDE.md Is a Wish List, Not a Contract
Last week I rolled back from Claude 4.6 Opus to Claude 4.5 Opus. Not because 4.6 was less capable. Because it stopped following instructions.
The Autonomy Illusion
My LinkedIn feed last week: “Autonomous AI agents deliver 10,000% productivity gains.” “The era of human oversight is over.” “Set it and run.”
AI’s Announcement Problem
March 10, 2026. Amazon tells its engineers: junior and mid-level developers now require senior sign-off on all AI-assisted code changes.
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Engineering Manager who's seen enough "revolutionary" tech to know the difference between signal and hype. Writing about what actually works, from system design to team leadership.
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