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AI & Automation.

AI and automation inside systems that already exist. What holds up in production, what it costs, and where handing work to a machine falls down.

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An AI system on a zero budget: six decisions, three mistakes

Six architectural decisions and three mistakes from an AI side project that must cost nothing. With real code and the places where it went wrong.

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11 October 2026 · 11 min read

Eight steps, not a prompt: how I work with coding agents

The agent works in one of eight steps. How specification, architecture rules, CI and review turn speed into software rather than just more code.

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29 September 2026 · 9 min read

Is your code too old for coding agents?

Whether a coding agent works safely in a codebase is not decided by its age but by whether a command can say no. Four questions that settle it.

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12 September 2026 · 8 min read

A coding agent in a legacy codebase

What an agent is good for in legacy code, where it predictably fails, and the precondition without which it multiplies risk rather than speed.

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9 September 2026 · 8 min read

German e-invoicing mandate 2027: your 2026 revenue decides

Whether you must issue e-invoices from January 2027 depends on your 2026 revenue. What counts, what is exempt, and why receiving them is not enough.

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9 September 2026 · 15 min read

An agent is only as good as its context

How I moved my knowledge into a Git repository so agents can work with it. What held up after nine days, what did not, and what a team can take from it.

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30 March 2026 · 12 min read

Agentic coding with spec-driven development: why your AI agent needs structure before it writes code

Why your AI agent needs structure before it writes code. Spec-driven development as a method for predictable, consistent quality with AI tools.

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