In defense of AI mandates
When you need to execute a coordinated change on a tight timeline, a mandate is the best and most honest way to fund it.
Latest / July 2, 2026
Posts from July 2, 2026
5 posts from engineering leaders published July 2, 2026, by Charity Majors, Gergely Orosz, David Cramer and 2 more.
The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing
Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right task? I looked into it, and there are a few options.
Building an Intern
Junior is the open-source Slack agent I've been building at Sentry for the last four months. It seemed easy: put an agent in Slack, give it tools, ship it. This is the story of how it was anything but.
Agentic Autonomy Levels
The action in agentic engineering has moved from prompting to operating. Autonomy isn't one ladder, it's two axes (agency and orchestration) and six levels you move between per task. The real question is what level a task deserves, and what verification makes that level…
Software Design in the Agentic Age: Place Your Bets
Summary Code quality is likely still important, but is automatable. High level software design remains human territory with AI assists. Focus shifts away from code to domain models and specifications. Specifications could replace code as the single source of truth. Rigour and…