Field notes
What you learn after the vibes stop being fun.
Notes from the part nobody advertises: taking an AI-assisted prototype and turning it into a codebase that does not punish the next person who touches it.
Strategy Apr 8, 2026
The day after vibe coding
AI can get you moving fast. It can also leave you with a repo that feels like a prank. This is about what happens next.
Design Apr 6, 2026
Design tokens eliminate AI guesswork
When every spacing, radius, and color value is a named token, AI assistants stop inventing arbitrary CSS and start using your system.
Operations Apr 3, 2026
Guard scripts that teach, not just block
A guard suite that explains what went wrong is more valuable than one that silently rejects. Here's how the scaffold's guards work.