Practical writing on AI-assisted engineering, agentic coding, developer experience, citizen development, delivery governance, and sustainable software operations.
AI can accelerate software output without automatically improving software delivery. This collection focuses on engineering practice, feedback, paved roads, ownership, and the operational disciplines that turn fast creation into maintainable systems.
Use measurement, feedback, and developer experience to make AI-assisted work more deliberate.
Download and install AI Engineer Coach, a VS Code extension that analyzes local AI coding assistant usage, output, context health, token usage, AI credits, and estimated cost.
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Learn how to customize GitHub Copilot thinking messages in VS Code with the chat.agent.thinking.phrases setting and a reusable example phrase pack.
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OpenAI and DeepMind reach ICPC gold-medal level, while GPT-5-Codex debuts as a long-running coding agent for enterprise engineering.
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Reconsider team design, communication, and the relationship between professional and citizen development.
AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot aren’t just about speed—they make software development more collaborative. Learn how AI is reshaping team dynamics, not replacing developers.
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AI makes drafting faster, but clarity becomes scarce. Learn specification thinking—goals, constraints, and evaluation—to get repeatable, auditable work.
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More IT in IT is an arena rock song lyric about AI, citizen development, low-code tools, governance, security, architecture, and enterprise technology craft.
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Keep ownership, architecture, security, and supportability attached to rapidly produced software.
Build It. Ship It. is a hip-hop musical-theater opening number about citizen development, AI builders, enterprise IT governance, security, operations, data, and architecture.
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Ticket in the Queue is a theatrical hip-hop song lyric about citizen builders, backlog friction, shadow IT, and building guardrails that preserve both speed and reliability.
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The Backlog Doesn't Blink is a hip-hop musical-theater song lyric about IT delivery teams, backlog pressure, enterprise risk, compliance, security, legacy systems, QA, citizen builders, and governance.
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Prompt Me a Palace is a hip-hop musical-theater song lyric about AI builders, prompts, agents, workflow automation, governance, architecture, security, data, operations, and enterprise IT.
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