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5 articles from February 2026 · show all
Users buy your service, not your code
You might enjoy this podcast episode. Sylvain and I talked about owning production in a world where AI writes the code.
GeLLMan amnesia
AI will automate every job except the ones I'm deeply familiar with
The 3 curves that make a scalable business
You want users and revenue to grow exponentially. Bugs per day to grow linearly. Support work to grow logarithmically. Your goal is to make this happen.
In praise of the stacked pull request
How fast you do code review is how fast you do everything. Your PR queue is the leading indicator of team velocity. Stacked PRs can help.