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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
A career-changer describes how he became a software engineer at NekkoLabs after attending Tokyo's Code Chrysalis bootcamp. He credits three choices: not outsourcing his thinking to AI, investing in relationships, and contributing to open source where he met his 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 share a few habits — and avoid a few traps.
Philip
- Career
- Japan