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Essays on AI-native software engineering.

Long-form thinking on software engineering now that most of the code is written by agents. By Barrie Hadfield.

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.