Field notes from the practice

Journal.

Writing on AI security, agentic systems, and engineering practice.

5 articles
2026 · 07 · 01
Architecture

Front Lines and Factory Floors: The New Shape of Software Engineering

Practitioner-focused article on forward-deployed engineering and software factories and what they mean for engineering leaders and founders.

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2026 · 06 · 21
Architecture

Loop Engineering: Designing the Systems That Drive AI Agents

A comprehensive guide to loop engineering — the emerging discipline of designing the systems that drive AI agents — and how it compares with prompt, context, and harness engineering.

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2026 · 04 · 19
Engineering

Simon Willison on the AI inflection point, dark factories, and the disaster he keeps predicting

A wide-ranging look at where AI-assisted software development stands going into 2026

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2026 · 01 · 14
RAG

Understanding LLM Specialization: RAG vs. Fine-Tuning

When to use RAG and when to fine-tune: a decision framework for engineering teams.

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2025 · 06 · 22
RAG

What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)?

RAG explained: architecture, tradeoffs, and implementation patterns for production systems.

AgentCoding 7 min · Read →