A Working Agent Is Not a Working Factory
A Working Agent Is Not a Working Factory The previous post made a design decision: a solo developer building serious SaaS work may need separate
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An Agentic Factory Is an Architecture, Not a Tool Stack
An Agentic Factory Is an Architecture, Not a Tool Stack I am building a SaaS product as a solo developer. Today, I do most of that work inside H
I Could Build Faster. That Was Not the Hard Part.
I Could Build Faster. That Was Not the Hard Part. When I started using coding agents seriously, the most obvious change was speed. Things that p
I Stopped Passing Tenant IDs Around My Application
I Stopped Passing Tenant IDs Around My Application This code looks ordinary: The user is authenticated. The request contains a tenant ID. The re
Memory Is Not State
Memory Is Not State Most agent memory problems begin with a reasonable shortcut. An agent learned something useful. Put it somewhere persistent.
Working Is Not a Quality Metric
Working Is Not a Quality Metric The system looked healthy. The happy path worked. The UI rendered. The flow completed. The database writes succe
OpenSpec Optimizes Chaos, Not Tokens
OpenSpec Optimizes Chaos, Not Tokens I had OpenSpec in the wrong category. I was evaluating it like another component of an AI stack: does it re
When a SaaS Stops Being About Features
When a SaaS Stops Being About Features I thought I was solving a product problem. I wanted an orders table. Show the data, make the UI work, wir
Local Knowledge Beats Always-On Tools in AI-Assisted Development
Local Knowledge Beats Always On Tools in AI Assisted Development The useful question is not how many tools an agent can reach. It is which uncer
I Did Not Need a CMS. I Needed a Reviewable Publishing System
I Did Not Need a CMS. I Needed a Reviewable Publishing System The decision was not “CMS or no CMS.” It was “which system should own a piece of w
The Problem Is Not Prompting. It Is Context Decay.
The Problem Is Not Prompting. It Is Context Decay. Prompting is the visible part of working with an AI system. Context decay is the part that co
Planning Is Where AI Work Becomes Reviewable
Planning Is Where AI Work Becomes Reviewable The most expensive moment in AI assisted development is often not a bad line of code. It is the mom
The Hardest Part of Next.js Was Learning Where State Should Not Live
The Hardest Part of Next.js Was Learning Where State Should Not Live “Where should this state live?” sounds like a storage question. In a server
AI Made UI Drift Cheaper
AI Made UI Drift Cheaper The first sign was not a broken screen. The table rendered. The form submitted. The empty state was readable. The side
Agent Tools Need Product Design Too
Agent Tools Need Product Design Too A tool can be perfectly designed as an API and still be a bad tool for an agent. The schema can be valid. Th