
First Principles Engineering of Production AI and Software Systems.
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I was recently on a podcast where we talked about FPF, vibe-coding, decision engineering, and why “steering” AI agents is anything but an intuitive skill. We didn’t get through all the topics, and I promised the listeners a detailed follow-...
The most expensive problem in an engineering organization isn’t bugs or speed. It is amnesia. And today almost every modern company is engineering-driven in one way or another :)
By amnesia I mean this: you seem to ship features/products f...
I often see the same problem: engineers spend weeks searching for a solution not because the task is hard, but because there’s no structure for thinking about it. Or there’s no way to focus on that task due to too much routine work.
Contex...
Exception generation. You certainly know what this is and have definitely used it, if you’ve programmed even a little.
Here’s news for you: exception generation is very often bad.
In any situation where a try/except (or try/catch) block...
Why, when talking about AI, do I almost always primarily mean Augmented, not Artificial Intelligence?
What is Augmented Intelligence anyway?
In translation, this would sound like — Augmented, not Artificial intelligence.
It’s quite...
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