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Buzz “Data sovereignty” is the most laundered phrase in technology right now. Three different things wear the label. Two are residency theater. One is the real thing. Last week I was at the 4th Solid Symposium in London. All three definitions appeared in the same room, by name, sometimes in the same sentence. So let me … Read more
On Day 2 of AutoBuild, Murilo and I shipped one ADK agent, two integrations, and 2,500 tests. Not over a sprint. In a single day. That is the benchmark. That is what a day in the life should look like for every engineer on this team. This is not a victory lap. It is the … Read more
Every engineering organization says it is moving fast. Most measure fast in sprints. We measure the efficiency of PRs. Each generation of AI development has decreased the time between a PR and a customer receiving that capability. The latest generation has taken us from days to minutes. But the path from inline AI to fully … Read more
Per-revolution PRD-to-SRS gates, maturity-aware agent execution, and why the production surface is off-limits to new code Every engineering team I have spoken with in the past two years has the same problem. AI-assisted development is fast: faster than anyone predicted, faster than the process can absorb. Agents generate confidently. They decompose tasks, write services, wire … Read more
As engineering teams embrace agent harnesses, velocity is picking up, but only with the senior engineers. The junior engineers are struggling, and so are the agents. The reason is the same in both cases. What is killing us is the translation from product intent to implementable software requirements. This matters because there are many possible … Read more
The agent hung. Same error. Three times. I closed the IDE, reopened it, and watched it hang again. At some point I stopped blaming the agent and asked a different question. If this were a new hire crashing the same system three times in a row, I would not let it continue. I would stop. … Read more
Six thousand lines changed in a single refactor. The AI agent was fast, the architecture was correct, and the tests passed in four hours. The sceptic’s instinct is to call this foolhardy; six thousand lines is too large, too risky, too much to trust to a machine. I would put it differently. The industry has … Read more
We’ve reached a point where we aren’t just writing code anymore; we are managing the behavior of systems that write it for us. In VS Code, this shift is physical. You have Ask for explanation, Plan for intent, and Agent for action. Most teams treat these as interchangeable entry points, which is a mistake. These … Read more
Introduction: As a Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, I have consistently emphasized the importance of talent as the most valuable resource within any organization. Recruiting, mentoring, and developing large, international teams of individual contributors and leaders has been a focal point of my leadership approach. In this blog post, I will share insights and … Read more
Introduction: Bringing a product from ideation to launch is a journey that requires careful planning, strategic decision-making, and adaptability. As a leader in engineering, I have spearheaded numerous product development initiatives, honing my strategies to suit the unique context and objectives of each project. In this blog post, I will share my experiences at SRAX … Read more