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How I build software with AI agents: the complete setup
How I build software with AI agents without shipping their mistakes: the specs, gates, and review loops that catch the AI when it is confidently wrong.
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Notes on building software in the AI era - architecture, judgment, and where AI helps versus where it quietly hurts.
June 10, 202612 min read
AI loops, explained: the new way to build, and the part nobody mentions
Stop prompting, write loops, goes the advice. Here is how an AI loop actually works, where it breaks, and the one part it cannot supply.
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The green build lied: the bugs AI hides behind passing tests
Every test passed and the green build looked done. More than twenty real bugs were still hiding behind it, and here is the layered review that caught them.
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Spec-driven development in 2026: main tools overview
spec-kit, OpenSpec, BMAD, GSD, Kiro, Tessl - what each really is, and how to pick one, or none.
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How I do architecture with AI without letting it make the decisions
A greenfield architecture workflow for the age of AI-generated code - built on OpenSpec, with guardrails that keep the AI honest.
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