Production stories with named incidents. The trading engine that ran for forty-five minutes. The GDPR-shaped basket table that nobody had ever told to expire. The 280-file refactor that became unshippable. What broke, and what the feedback loop missed.
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Money for Nothing — When feedback arrives late, noisy, or wearing the wrong sign. — June 2026
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The more an AI can break, the less you let it do. — Notes from a production incident. — June 2026
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Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied — That they forgot to ask whether SSHing into an AI coding agent from a phone was a good idea. — May 2026
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Conscious Coverage — We don’t talk about Code coverage, no no no, we don’t talk about coverage… — April 2026
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14 PRs, 6 Repos, 1 Button: A Tale of Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole — True stories from the front lines of the internet… — February 2026
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Why You Shouldn’t Speedrun a Production Refactor — Learning the hard way that AI makes discipline more important, not less… — December 2025