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A pragmatic guide to AI-assisted development

Learn how I use AI-assisted development to understand, ship, and verify a real fix.
Steve Polito
October 19, 2026
- Agents
- AI
- Process
- Development
AI's "overnight" solution for our flaky tests took two weeks to adopt

We lived with flaky tests for years until Claude found a solution overnight. It only took two weeks to make the solution useful.
Fritz Meissner
June 22, 2026
Illusions Of Fluency

And then I tried to explain it.
Richard Newman
May 12, 2026
The Pace Of Feedback

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
Richard Newman
May 11, 2026
A Conversation With The Situation

My situation disagreed.
Richard Newman
May 8, 2026
You, too, can make a boilerplate

Adapt your own patterns and processes into a reusable piece of content.
Elaina Natario
April 10, 2026
- CSS
- Process
How strategic product design reduces risk before you write code

Common ways projects in regulated industries fail and how thoughtbot designers proactively reduce risk.
Andrew Spencer
March 27, 2026
- Design Sprints
- Process
- AI
- Design
Your End-of-Year Software Audit Checklist (for Technical Product Teams)

A practical checklist to help technical product teams clean up software spend, reduce tooling drift, and plan confidently for the year ahead.
Stephanie Kuroda
December 19, 2025
- Process
- Tools
- Finance
- Operations
How fast can you go?

Speeding up takes just one word.
Richard Newman
December 17, 2025
Watch where you walk by planning experiments

Developers often follow a plan that assumes that learning is done before they start writing code. This is similar to choosing a destination and then walking with closed eyes. Keep your eyes open by planning experiments instead.
Fritz Meissner
June 5, 2025
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