software development

Articles related to software development, that I did and keep doing a lot. A broader list of topics, that may include things about software development management, planning and obviously - building.

THE MCP NOISE TAX

MCP itself wasn’t the problem. Treating MCP integrations as nearly free infrastructure was. Two integrations, two unexpected resource costs, and one old EliteDesk made the operational cost of another abstraction very audible.

The Builder Layer - Part 2: DECIDE

The Layers The first 3 layers determine whether we can build something correctly. The Builder Layer - Part 1: ACTAI did not replace software engineers. It removed some of their hiding places. As execution

The Builder Layer - Part 1: ACT

AI did not replace software engineers. It removed some of their hiding places. As execution gets cheaper, the bottleneck moves up: coordination, judgment, and system design.