Notes from the workshop

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

Writing specs a coding agent can actually follow

The difference between a spec that a model implements correctly and one it guesses at is mostly structure, not length.

AI · 6 min

01 Jan 2026

A short account of the three habits we kept from last year, the two we dropped, and the one we are still arguing about internally.

Process · 5 min

18 Nov 2025

Most LLM features we are asked for are a chat box. Almost none of them should be. Here is the test we apply before writing any of it.

AI · 7 min

07 Oct 2025

Time and materials is easier for the studio and worse for the client. What a week of paid discovery actually buys.

Process · 6 min

26 Aug 2025

Sync conflicts are a product decision, not an implementation detail. What we learned putting a fleet app in trucks.

Mobile · 8 min

15 Jul 2025

Where a €40,000 budget actually goes, why the second year costs money too, and when you should buy instead.

Business · 9 min