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Field notes for CTOs and principal engineers: what shipped, what failed, and how to staff the next AI program. Depth first — no vendor recap.
Latest Articles
Re-Defining Productivity: Project Metrics for Teams Where AI Writes 70% of Code
Traditional dev metrics fail when AI writes most of your code.
Terminal Agents vs. IDE Assistants: Comparing Claude Code, Cursor, and Google Antigravity in Production
A deep technical comparison of terminal-based AI agents versus GUI IDE assistants.
Google Antigravity IDE: Architecture of Gemini-Native Autonomous Workspaces
Deep-dive into Google's Antigravity IDE architecture — AST indexing, 2M-token context optimization, Gemini 2.5 Pro model-IDE loops, and autonomous.
Cursor Rules (.cursorrules) Engineering: Programming Agentic IDEs for Strict Architectural Compliance
Master .cursorrules and .cursor/rules/*.mdc files to enforce coding standards, security policies, and directory architecture on AI agents in Cursor IDE
Beyond Copy-Paste: Designing Test-Driven Loops with Claude and Cursor for Zero-Regression Codebases
Master AI-powered Test-Driven Development (AI-TDD). Learn how to design automated Red-Green-Refactor feedback loops with Claude Code and Cursor to eliminate AI hallucinations and guarantee zero-regression codebases.
Spec-Driven Development with Kiro: Build Production Features from requirements.md, Not Prompts
Master Spec-Driven Development (SDD) with AWS Kiro. Discover how requirements.md (EARS syntax), design.md, and tasks.md eliminate prompt drift and turn code into a deterministic build artifact.
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