#ai-first-engineering

• What Happens When You Press Enter

  The agent loop explained from first principles. What the model actually does, how context is assembled before you type, and why context engineering — not prompt engineering — is the skill that matters.

  5 de abril de 2026 · 11 min read

• Instructions and Rule System

  Anthropic calls CLAUDE.md files 'instructions,' not 'rules.' This post explains the distinction, how both mechanisms work, and why the ecosystem's naming confusion matters.

  30 de março de 2026 · 8 min read

• My Projects With ESLint Stay Clean. The Rest Drift.

  In AI-assisted development, ESLint's architectural boundary enforcement is the difference between a codebase that stays clean and one that silently drifts. Here's why specs alone aren't enough.

  24 de março de 2026 · 5 min read

• Building Your AI Toolkit

  An agent is a loop around a language model. The five building blocks — CLI, MCP, Skills, Rules, and Hooks — and why the role shifts from writing code to designing workflows.

  17 de março de 2026 · 9 min read