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CAST part3: Building the team: from 17 role-based agents to task-based Agent Teams

CAST part3: Building the team: from 17 role-based agents to task-based Agent Teams

Somewhere in Phase 4 of this build, my job changed. I stopped prompting an assistant and started managing a team — one you can't see, that never sleeps, and that will confidently agree with itself right off a cliff if you let it.

CAST Part2: Four phases, four walls: how I built a production app with zero iOS experience

CAST Part2: Four phases, four walls: how I built a production app with zero iOS experience

I'll start with the part I didn't think I'd get to write so soon: as of today, BowSmith is live on the App Store. Zero iOS experience when I started. A real, shippable archery app today.

Orchestration part 2: Show, don't tell: watching one request fall through the orchestration stack

Orchestration part 2: Show, don't tell: watching one request fall through the orchestration stack

Everyone wants to argue about which model is best. It's the wrong argument. The interesting question isn't "which model" — it's "what happens at the seams between them." So instead of telling you how the three-tier stack works, I'm going to show you. One real request, followed the whole way down.

CAST part 1: How a QA professional with zero iOS experience built a production app using AI – and what I learned about the future of software delivery

CAST part 1: How a QA professional with zero iOS experience built a production app using AI – and what I learned about the future of software delivery

I have spent 20 years in software testing and quality assurance. I knew almost nothing about iOS development. Zero Swift experience. Yet here I am, 18 months later, with a production-ready iOS app approaching alpha launch.

Orchestration part 1: Show Me the Receipts: What Machine-to-Machine Fluency Actually Looks Like

Orchestration part 1: Show Me the Receipts: What Machine-to-Machine Fluency Actually Looks Like

A real trace through the stack — Opus Max/Fable(MIA) → Opus (high/medium) → Sonnet. One fuzzy idea, turned into a spec, decomposed into tasks, and shipped — and why the hand-offs are the part that matters.

Orcherstration: Fable 5 Talks to Machines Better Than to People — And That's Exactly Why It Matters

Orcherstration: Fable 5 Talks to Machines Better Than to People — And That's Exactly Why It Matters

Fable 5 Talks to Machines Better Than to People — And That's Exactly Why It Matters First notes after one day of testing Anthropic's new Fable 5, and why I think it belongs above Opus in the orchestration stack — not buried inside a flat subscription.

Meet BowSmith: An Archery App Born from AI and Obsession

Meet BowSmith: An Archery App Born from AI and Obsession

What happens when an archer with too many ideas meets AI-powered coding tools? An experiment that became an app. English The Short Version BowSmith is an iOS app for bow archers and 3D shooters. It helps you track your equipment, calculate arrow setups, generate sight tapes, and keep your