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Three venture builders discuss how pausing to build a company brain helped them answer the right questions and create stronger foundations for growth.

A structured session on moving AI planning from vague ideas to commercial outcomes.

A replay covering how agentic engineering changes the path from idea to production software.

Aleksandr Tynianov discusses how to review AI-generated code and turn it into secure, reliable software for a business.

Troy Mallory discusses combining electrical and software engineering with JRuby to build a more efficient operating-system kernel, alongside his earlier accessibility work.

Tāne Hunter explores career identity, adaptive intelligence, play, and human judgement in the age of AI, drawing on Full Stack Human and his path through science and technology.

Six questions for deciding between refactoring and rewriting, covering architecture, hidden business knowledge, incremental change, continuity, and the value a rebuild would unlock.

How to decide whether a business needs a full-time or part-time CTO, when an engineering manager may be enough, and what to ask before hiring.

A concise introduction to Errol Schmidt’s technology consulting work and how to get started with eSquareNews services.

Six practical questions for deciding whether to refactor, replace a component, migrate gradually, or commit to a full software rebuild.

How I designed a readable grotesque font with its own personality, a complete character set, and enough weights to work across apps and websites.

AI can widen your options and improve your information, but decisions about problems, trade offs, standards and accountability still belong to people.