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Project Dark Factory
Factories went fully automated in 2001. Now the same pattern is arriving in software, and a handful of teams are already shipping production code that no human wrote or reviewed.
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Perspective from years as a high-level engineer and director: on the tech space, the latest in AI, and how to keep growing as the market shifts.
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The Coming Shift in How We Pay for the Internet
When anyone can rebuild any app in a day, moats and money move. Cloudflare's new monetization gateway and the x402 protocol are the first signals of a pay-per-access web, and it could reshape the free internet we grew up with.
Philip
- AI
- Internet
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From Bootcamp Grad to Full-Time Software Engineer: What Actually Worked for Me
I went from teaching English in Japan to a safety job at Amazon to Code Chrysalis, a Tokyo bootcamp, to full-time software engineer at Nekko Labs. Three choices made the difference: not outsourcing my thinking to AI, investing in relationships, and contributing to open source, where I met my current boss.
Matt
- Career
- Engineering
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Spec-Driven Development: The Workflow That Makes AI Coding Actually Work
Vibe-coding falls apart the moment a project gets real. The fix is spec-driven development: let the spec, not the chat history, be the source of truth. Here is how it works and which tools to use.
Philip
- AI
- Engineering
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The Engineer the AI Era Rewards
AI is not replacing engineers. It is repricing engineering skills. Here is what is going up in value, what is going down, and how to position your career.
Philip
- AI
- Career
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From English Teacher to Engineer in Japan: What Actually Works
I have helped a lot of people in Japan switch from teaching English into software development. The ones who make it tend to share a few habits and avoid a few traps.
Philip
- Career
- Japan