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Re-Defining Productivity: Project Metrics for Teams Where AI Writes 70% of Code
The Death of the Commit: Why Volume Metrics Encourage AI Code Bloat There is a quiet crisis running through engineering…
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Long-form takes on delivery, AI, and platform engineering — written so a CTO and a team lead can forward the same paragraph to their board.
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Flow Metrics That Replace Story Points: Cycle Time, Throughput, and Lead Time
The Death of Story Points: Why Estimation Velocity is a Developer Illusion For over two decades, the software industry has…
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Context Engineering for Developers: How to Feed IDE Agents the Perfect Codebase State
The Context Crisis: Why Large Windows Don't Solve Bad Data We are currently living in the era of the million-token context…
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Value Stream Mapping for Software Teams: Eliminating Invisible Wait Time
Practitioner breakdown of Value Stream Mapping for Software Teams: Eliminating Invisible Wait Time — written for CTOs, VP…
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Google Antigravity IDE: Architecture of Gemini-Native Autonomous Workspaces
Deep-dive into Google's Antigravity IDE architecture — AST indexing, 2M-token context optimization, Gemini 2.5 Pro model-IDE…
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Cursor Composer Mastery: Orchestrating Multi-File Code Generation with Multi-Agent Layouts in 2026
Cursor Composer Mastery: Orchestrating Multi-File Code Generation with Multi-Agent Layouts in 2026 By Vatsal Shah | July 8, 2026…
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Cursor Rules (.cursorrules) Engineering: Programming Agentic IDEs for Strict Architectural Compliance
What Are Cursor Rules? The .cursorrules File vs .cursor/rules/*.mdc: Rules Hierarchy Why This Matters in 2026: The Agentic IDE…
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Sovereign Value Chain: Rebuilding Global Supply Chains on Private Distributed Ledgers
Practitioner breakdown of Sovereign Value Chain: Rebuilding Global Supply Chains on Private Distributed Ledgers — written for…
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Shape Up vs Scrum in 2026: A Practitioner's Verdict on 6-Week Cycles
TL;DR: The software industry is undergoing a major rejection of Scrum. Sprints, daily standups, and ticket estimations are being…
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Team Topologies for AI-Era Engineering: Stream-Aligned Teams and Cognitive Load
TL;DR: Generative AI tools and autonomous coding agents are dramatically increasing the speed and volume of code production…
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Anthropic Claude Code: Mastering the Agentic CLI for Headless Software Development
Master Anthropic's Claude Code CLI. Deep-dive tutorial on installation, secure environment permissions, scripting, and running…
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React Compiler in Production: Refactoring Legacy Codebases for Automatic Memoization
React Compiler in Production: Refactoring Legacy Codebases for Automatic Memoization By Vatsal Shah · July 4, 2026 · Frontend ·…