Field notes from production.
Essays on shipping AI to production. What mature evals look like, how to make a repo agent-friendly, where the frameworks earn their keep, and what to leave self-hosted. Newest first.
- LLM Infra
Evaluating LLM Workflows: A Field Guide
What mature LLM evaluation actually looks like in 2026, and why squinting at outputs in a spreadsheet doesn't count.
12 minRead → - AI Infra
The AI-Enabled Repository Checklist
A checklist for making a codebase pleasant for coding agents to operate in: file layout, naming, docs, test affordances.
9 minRead → - Strategy
Is Your Business Defensible Against AI?
Most software companies think AI is a feature. The harder question is whether AI can replace what you sell.
8 minRead → - Tooling
AI Agent Frameworks Compared: The Claw Family
A working engineer's read on the agent framework landscape: what's actually load-bearing, what's marketing, what to pick.
11 minRead → - Tooling
AI Coding Tools · November 2025
Field report on the coding-assistant stack: where each tool earns its place, where they get in the way.
10 minRead → - Engineering
Vibe Code Cleanup
What it actually takes to make a vibe-coded prototype safe to ship, beyond "add tests" platitudes.
7 minRead → - Prompting
The ROSIE Prompt Framework
Role · Oneself · Specifics · Instructions · Examples. A structure for prompts that need to behave the same way twice.
6 minRead → - Prompting
The ICE-T Prompt Framework
Instructions · Context · Examples · Task. A reusable template shape for repeated workflows and team prompt libraries.
5 minRead → - Self-Hosting
Self-Hosted Automation Tools · August 2025
The state of self-hostable automation in mid-2025: what runs, what scales, and where managed wins are worth paying for.
8 minRead → - Strategy
SaaS Product Strategy
Strategic guidance for founders and product teams trying to figure out what to build next, and what to kill.
9 minRead → - Strategy
Use AI or Lose to AI
The case for forcing AI fluency through every layer of a company, not just the engineering org.
6 minRead → - Self-Hosting
Self-Hosting LLMs in June 2025
Hardware, model picks, and operational reality of running open-weight LLMs in your own environment.
10 minRead → - Self-Hosting
A Guide to Self-Hosted AI UIs
OpenWebUI, LibreChat, and friends. Picking a self-hosted chat UI that doesn't fight you in production.
7 minRead →
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