The bottleneck isn't code anymore.
It's knowing what to build.
The definitive playbook for building software products with AI agents — written by a CTO who's done it. For vibecoders and CTOs alike.
Free to read. Creative Commons (CC BY).
What you'll learn
Five ideas that will change how you build software
These aren't AI hype takes. They're frameworks forged from shipping real products with agentic workflows.
The Renaissance Developer
Breadth over depth. The new competitive advantage is being good enough at everything.
The Acceleration Paradox
When coding gets 5-10x faster, five new bottlenecks emerge that nobody talks about.
The Digestibility Principle
Human working memory and AI context windows have the same constraints. Design for both.
Specification-Driven Development
The quality of your descriptions determines the quality of your product.
The "Good Enough at Everything" Principle
Why 70% competency across 5 domains beats 95% in one.
What readers are saying
“Finally, a book that treats AI coding as a real engineering discipline, not a party trick.”
“The Renaissance Developer chapter changed how I think about my role as a senior engineer.”
“Practical, opinionated, and exactly the playbook my team needed to adopt agentic workflows.”
Table of Contents
Four parts. One playbook. Idea to production in six weeks.
Foundations
The Renaissance Developer mindset, what agentic coding really means, and first principles of software architecture.
The Playbook
The complete 6-week journey: idea, brainstorm, brief, requirements, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
Patterns & Tools
Architecture patterns, interface design, testing strategies, and the agent-friendly toolchain.
Complete Example
A real, non-trivial product built using the entire playbook -- proving the 6-week promise.
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AI can write code faster than you can type. The question isn't whether to use it — it's whether you know how to direct it.
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