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Essays on AI-native software engineering.

We’re living in the most incredible time. AI can now remove the human limitations of writing software, but only with full control and full safety. This series of essays examines all aspects of the software development lifecycle and the changes needed to move to being a fully AI-native software team.

Long-form thinking on what software engineering looks like now that most of the code is written by agents. Written by Barrie Hadfield, published here first.

Extreme AI Programming

A weekly essay series on what comes after Agile, when the developer is an AI agent. A homage to Kent Beck's Extreme Programming Explained.

#01The Extreme AI Programming ManifestoTue 28 Apr
#02The Second Punch-Card EraTue 5 May
#03The Bottleneck MovedTue 12 May
#04The Prompt Is the WorkTue 19 May
#05Which Ceremonies SurviveTue 26 May
#06Beyond Vibe CodingTue 2 Jun
#07Testing Without DrudgeryTue 9 Jun
#08The Spec Is Not a DocumentTue 16 Jun
#09Kent Beck RecalibratedTue 23 Jun
#10Where the Craft WentTue 30 Jun
#11The AI Coding Fluency ModelTue 7 Jul

I am co-founder and CEO of Mindset AI, where we are building Memex, a decision and knowledge layer for AI-native engineering teams. This series is the thinking that shapes our product. I will flag it explicitly when an article touches something we build. Most of it is simply where the industry is going, with or without us.