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The Real Speed Comes After Structure, Not Before It
There is a point in AI-assisted product development where the whole thing suddenly stops feeling heavy. Before that point, the work is still serious. You are defining the product. You are making decisions. You are narrowing scope. You are giving the repository memory. You are setting rules so the coding agent does not walk into…
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Before Codex Writes Code, I Give the Repository a Memory
AI coding agents can make a new workspace feel deceptively easy. You open a fresh repository, write a few sentences, attach a file or two, and within minutes the agent is ready to generate code. It feels fast. It feels impressive. It also feels like progress. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is just very fast…
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Why I Start Every AI-Built Product With a PRD
One of the stranger side effects of AI-assisted development is that it made some people think planning matters less. I had the opposite experience. The more useful AI became, the more I needed clarity before I asked it to build anything. That is why I start every AI-built product with a Product Requirements Document “PRD”.…
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Using AI to Build Products Is Serious Work, Not Vibe Coding
I really dislike the term vibe coding. Not because it sounds silly, although it does. And not because people should not have fun with technology. They should. The problem is that the term quietly suggests something bigger: that building with AI is mostly casual, experimental, and a bit unserious. Like you are just throwing prompts…