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Engineering Judgment

Taste, tradeoffs, and the human decisions behind good software.

AI development & Engineering clarity
Field Note
Apr 2, 2026 7 min read

AI development & Engineering clarity

A few years ago, most engineering organizations were constrained by the same thing: writing code was expensive. Not just in budget terms. Expensive in attention. In coordination. In

Alfred does its homework before writing a line of code
Field Note
Mar 9, 2026 4 min read

Alfred does its homework before writing a line of code

There’s a particular kind of frustration engineers know well: you pick up a Jira ticket and the description reads something like “Fix the thing from the meeting.” No context. No requirements/details.