Don't Automate the Apprenticeship Out of Engineering
Entry-level work was never just cheap execution. It was the training system that produced the people capable of judging what the machines build.
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Your First AI Reorg Should Be the Work, Not the People
Most AI reorgs open with a headcount model. The better sequence redesigns workflows, decision rights, ownership, and evaluation loops first, then lets the org chart follow the work it is meant to describe.
The Bottleneck Is Never the Stack
A year of writing, one argument, and a working theory of where software is going
★AI Populism is a Builder's Problem
Jasmine Sun argues AI politics has a new meta, and the warning shots have started. Reading her piece as an engineering leader, here is what the narrative failure looks like from inside a large team, why sociopolitical alignment is our job, and what each of us owes our own career in a market this fast.
I Built a Design System in Two Hours. Figma, We Should Talk.
Anthropic's new design tool does not threaten senior designers. It threatens the apprenticeship that made them senior.
The Companies Spending the Most on AI Have the Most to Gain From Convincing You It Will Take Your Job
The AI-and-jobs conversation gets framed as either inevitability or competition. Both frames are incomplete — and both conveniently align with the interests of the companies selling the technology. A third reading of what's actually happening to work.