Notes from the workshop

What we learned building things, written up while it was still fresh. No thought leadership, no listicles.

Why our retrospectives now include a cost line

We added one question to the end of every sprint retrospective: what did this sprint's model usage actually cost, and did it match the plan.

ProcessAIDelivery

Process · 5 min

30 Mar 2026

The checkout that had to work with JavaScript disabled

An accessibility requirement we treated as a constraint turned out to make the whole checkout more resilient, including for people with JavaScript on.

EngineeringQualityCase study

Engineering · 6 min

27 Mar 2026

What a year of generated code taught us about hiring

The skills that made someone a strong engineer before coding agents are mostly the same skills that matter now. One thing moved noticeably.

ProcessAIEngineering

Process · 6 min

26 Mar 2026

The marketplace seller-onboarding flow we rebuilt twice

We built the onboarding flow the client asked for, then built the one they actually needed, once the drop-off numbers told a different story.

Case studyProductEngineering

Case notes · 6 min

25 Mar 2026

Reviewing an AI feature's decisions, not just its code

Code review catches bugs. It does not catch a feature that works exactly as coded and still makes the wrong call in a specific, recurring case.

TestingAIQuality

Quality · 6 min

24 Mar 2026

A week of discovery for an IoT fleet product that didn't exist yet

A build note on scoping hardware and software together for a client who hadn't chosen a device vendor yet.

Case studyScopingEngineering

Case notes · 6 min