The Quiet Gift of 2025: Three Models That Changed Everything December 23, 2025December 22, 2025 by Norman Three frontier AI models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI arrived in December 2025. The gap between engineers using AI to reason through problems and those using it for autocomplete is widening every month.
What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here: A Letter to Mid and Late-Career Developers December 23, 2025November 22, 2025 by Norman Mid and late-career developers: AI isn’t here to replace you. But developers who use AI will replace those who don’t. Here’s how to adapt.
You Cannot Read Yourself Into AI-SDLC Literacy December 23, 2025November 15, 2025 by Norman Reading about AI won’t make you AI-literate. Only hands-on building will develop the intuition you need to lead. Start tonight.
Goodnight to Epics, Stories and Features: A Feature A Day is the New Normal December 23, 2025November 5, 2025 by Norman The sprint is dead. AI-native teams ship features daily, not fortnightly. Learn how to adapt your agile processes for the new velocity.
Every Agile Artifact Was Built to Derisk Humans Writing Code December 23, 2025October 10, 2025 by Norman Every agile artifact exists to derisk humans writing code. AI changes that equation. Here’s what to keep and what to throw away.
Your AI Agent is the World’s Most Educated Five-Year-Old December 23, 2025October 10, 2025 by Norman Your AI agent has the world’s knowledge but the judgment of a five-year-old. Learn to work with it like the brilliant but inexperienced junior it is.