How I’m Thinking About the New Year

The start of a new year is often a natural moment to pause and think deliberately about what comes next. For me, it is less about declaring resolutions and more about being deliberate in how I think about the year ahead. I do believe in setting goals, but only when they are grounded in a clear understanding of the technology decisions that actually shape outcomes over time. In modern organizations, those decisions span software architecture, …

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The Eureka Moment: When AI Pair Programming Actually Delivers

I recently wrote about how AI coding assistants are changing the build vs. buy equation, arguing that the traditional “buy first” approach is becoming outdated. But theory is one thing, practice is another. This week, I lived that theory. I completely rebuilt a production AI system with Claude Code in less than a week – and experienced what felt like the future of software development. This wasn’t just faster coding; it was a fundamentally different way …

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