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Designing Architecture for AI Agents, Not Just Around Them
Bolting an agent onto an existing system produced silent data corruption within a week. The fix wasn't a smarter prompt — it was redrawing the system's boundaries.
Jul 10, 2026
ArchitectureWhy We Standardized on Spec-Driven Design
A client's AI-generated backend worked in the demo and broke in production. Here's the standard we adopted afterward, and why it still holds under AI-assisted development.
Jun 15, 2026
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Designing Architecture for AI Agents, Not Just Around Them
Bolting an agent onto an existing system produced silent data corruption within a week. The fix wasn't a smarter prompt — it was redrawing the system's boundaries.
Jul 10, 2026
ArchitectureWhy We Standardized on Spec-Driven Design
A client's AI-generated backend worked in the demo and broke in production. Here's the standard we adopted afterward, and why it still holds under AI-assisted development.
Jun 15, 2026