BowFest 2026: what a field full of archers told me that no test suite could
BowFest 2026: what a field full of archers told me that no test suite could
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I lost my favourite tool and shipped faster anyway
Fable was the best tool in my stack. Then it went unavailable, and I had to give the architect seat to Opus Max on short notice.What I got was faster hand-offs. This is the post about why — and why I think losing the tool made the work better, not despite the constraint but because of it.
BowSmith, one feature, fully orchestrated: the case study
This is one feature in BowSmith, shipped end-to-end through Opus Max (architect) → Opus (orchestrator) → Sonnet (workers), with the numbers. Not a toy. A feature I'd have budgeted the better part of a week for if I'd built it by hand.
Where the three-tier stack was overkill: an honest retrospective
Not a victory lap the opposite. Where the stack was overkill, where the hand-off cost more than it saved, and the one-question filter I now run before I stand up the architect tier at all.
The RPIQ loop: where the architect tier actually sits
That methodology is the loop I've been running long before any of these models existed: Research → Plan → Implement → Quality. RPIQ. This post maps the stack onto it — and shows why the mapping, not the model, is the thing worth keeping.
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.
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.
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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
