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An Irish Software Engineer. Author of a number of books including Learning JavaScript Design Patterns, Learning Patterns, Stoic Mind and Image Optimization.
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The Factory Model: How Coding Agents Changed Software Engineering

2026-02-25 08:00:00

Software engineering is not about writing code anymore. It is about building the factory that builds your software.

Stop Using /init for AGENTS.md

2026-02-23 08:00:00

Two papers published in early 2026 suggest you might have just made your agent slower, more expensive, and no more accurate. The right mental model is to treat AGENTS.md as a living list of codebase smells you haven't fixed yet, not a permanent configuration.

Bias Toward Action

2026-02-15 08:00:00

Bias toward action is defaulting to the smallest responsible step that produces real feedback, while pre-committing to guardrails so that being wrong is survivable and quickly correctable.

14 More Lessons from 14 years at Google

2026-02-12 08:00:00

More lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.

Claude Code Swarms

2026-02-05 08:00:00

Claude Code now supports agent teams - coordinated swarms of AI agents that research, debug, and build in parallel. What was feature-flagged is now real. Here's what it means and how to use it.

Agentic Engineering

2026-02-04 08:00:00

Agentic Engineering is a disciplined approach to AI-assisted software development that emphasizes human oversight and engineering rigor, distinguishing it from the more casual 'vibe coding' style.