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Essay series

Each series is one argument built across several essays, sequenced the way the argument runs, not the way the calendar did. Start with the first essay and read forward.

  1. 01

    The Agentic SDLC

    Seven essays in reading order: how software delivery reorganizes around agents, from vibe coding to specs, workflows, frames, and the AI Operating Ledger.

    7 essays · ~95 min · 2 supporting reads

  2. 02

    The AI Ledger

    Six essays that follow the money through the agent era: the subsidy itemized, the invoice arriving, an accounting discipline for verified outcomes, and where the saved hour goes.

    6 essays · ~61 min · 3 supporting reads

  3. 03

    Rewrites, Repriced

    Three essays on the rewrite taboo breaking: why legacy accumulates, what changed when agents made ports cheap, and how enterprises should spend the first modernization dollar.

    3 essays · ~35 min · 3 supporting reads

  4. 04

    The Human Bargain

    Six essays on the deal builders owe the people AI reshapes: honest language, honest layoff math, operating models that redesign the work before the org chart, and the apprenticeship that produces judgment.

    6 essays · ~60 min · 2 supporting reads

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