Context Clues
How to keep AI agents building what matters, not just what compiles.
- No. 59Void or VoidableNot every default an agent picked without asking needs the same fix.8 min
- No. 34Ghost decisionsWhy the code your agents generate is full of choices no one made, and what it costs to leave them unowned.11 min
- No. 32Your CLAUDE.md is a junk drawer: a migration playbookStandardizing the filename did not fix the file.11 min
- No. 31The firehose problem: your coding agent has all your permissionsWhy connecting your agent to raw GitHub, Slack, and Drive is the real security bug, and what to expose instead.10 min
- No. 29You can’t review your way out of a context problemWhy scaling code review will not close the write-to-ship gap, and what will.10 min
- No. 27Decision capture for AI coding agents: a write-path problem, not a discipline problemWhy documentation loses to the deadline at enterprise scale, and the write path that does not.9 min
- No. 22Why spec-driven development isn’t enoughA spec is only as good as the decisions underneath it, and those keep changing.5 min
- No. 21Why your engineers got coding agents and shipping didn’t speed upThe bottleneck moved from code generation to review, coordination, and scoping.7 min
- No. 2046% to 95%: What a Controlled Benchmark Reveals About AI Coding Agents and Product ContextA controlled benchmark across 8 tasks, 41 decision points, and 48 runs13 min
- No. 19Why ACP Changes the Way We Build with AgentsFrom tool-calling to agent coordination6 min
- No. 18AI ‘Brain Fry’ Is Real, and the Fix Isn’t Less AI. It’s Better Conversations With ItNew research shows the real cost of AI oversight, and how to fix it6 min
- No. 15Stop Debugging Code. Start Debugging Decisions.The most expensive bugs aren’t syntax errors. They’re ambiguous requirements.10 min
- No. 12The AI Only Gets You to 80% Complaint is BackwardsThe complaint that AI only gets you to 80% misses the point.9 min
- No. 9You Just Became a Manager of AI Agents (and the Communication Chain is Broken)Rebuilding context transmission across two layers of abstraction.10 min
- No. 6Are You Treating Your Coding Agent Like a Mushroom?If you’re starving your AI of product context, you’re guaranteed generic outcomes.5 min
- No. 2Building AI that understands product impact, not just code qualityA technical deep dive into context-aware AI systems that bridge the gap between shipping fast and shipping right8 min