AI coding agents are fast, but they cut corners. Agent Skills is an open-source project by Addy Osmani that gives agents the same structured workflows senior engineers follow, from spec to ship. This post breaks down how it works, explains the Google engineering principles it builds on (Hyrum’s Law, Chesterton’s Fence, the Beyonce Rule, Shift […]

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A Friendly Field Guide to 88 Timeless Principles That Shape How We Build Software. View the interactive searchable html page Foreword Software engineering looks like a young craft, but the patterns that cause projects to thrive or stumble are surprisingly ancient. Over decades, engineers, managers, scientists, and even satirists have noticed the same things happening […]

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