Notes from building an AI-first business, where the goal is to design the systems that build the product, rather than writing and reviewing the code myself. Mostly what went wrong, and what I changed as a result.
- The 24-hour run – I let an agent build a feature unattended overnight. Every test passed, but nothing worked. What that taught me about creating agent skills for the software development lifecycle.
- The self-building factory – the system I designed to run the business autonomously, why it's currently switched off, and what I learned from over-engineering it.