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newestDelivery · Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Shipping small: how I split work into PRs
Why a dozen tiny pull requests beat one heroic branch, and the checklist I run before opening each one.
Autumn 2026
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Running AI agents on a budget
Route cheap models to routine work and save the expensive ones for judgement.
One rulebook for every agent
Why AGENTS.md is the only place rules live, and how to keep it short enough to read.
What I learned letting a project go
LuxDraw became a fallen leaf. What it fed, and how to tell when it is time.
No code before the mockup
A design gate that costs an hour and saves a week of rework.
Notion as a CMS, without the regrets
Expiring image URLs, rate limits and caching. The three things to solve first.