Writing on software engineering, delivery, and the pragmatic use of AI.
Stop drawing boxes nobody can read six months later. A walkthrough of Context, Containers, Components, and Code — and why this matters even more in the age of AI-generated systems.
Not a list of frameworks or methodologies. The things that actually show up, project after project, when software teams succeed or fail.
Speed is the wrong goal. What separates strong engineers isn't how fast they code — it's how clearly they think before, during, and after.
After two decades of writing software, I've found AI tools most useful when I treat them as a capable apprentice — not a replacement for judgment.
Leo Steffen