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Thoughts on AI-powered development workflows, enterprise architecture, and what it actually takes to ship — from the delivery side of the table.

July 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Enterprise AI Adoption: 7 Layers You MUST Consider

Picking a model is the easy part. The platform around it decides whether enterprise AI scales or sprawls: gateway, identity, cost controls, observability, guardrails, evals, and an MCP gateway for agents.

  • AI
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Platform Engineering
  • Governance
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June 16, 2026 · 3 min read

Implementing AI in the SDLC

AI doesn't replace your software development lifecycle — it compresses it. A phase-by-phase look at where AI actually earns its keep, from requirements to maintenance, based on real delivery work.

  • AI
  • SDLC
  • Engineering Leadership
  • Agentic Workflows
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May 19, 2026 · 4 min read

Optimizely Opal and the Case for Agentic Marketing Workflows

Generic AI agents fail at marketing work because the context lives in the martech stack. Opal wins by sitting inside it — why I think it's the best tool for powering agentic marketing workflows today.

  • Optimizely
  • Opal
  • Agentic Workflows
  • MarTech
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May 14, 2026 · 5 min read

How I Structure Godot Projects: Components, State Machines, and Test Scenes

A walkthrough of how I organize my Godot projects, using my farm game as the example: small composable component scenes, state machines as nodes, and a test scene per feature instead of a monolithic main scene.

  • Godot
  • Game Dev
  • Architecture
  • Testing
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