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8 articlesThe migration that was finished until a stranger looked
A synthesis engineering story about Blind-Spot Rotation: how an AI reviewer with fresh context can find gaps the original inventory and checks missed.
Ask Your AI to Refute You, Not to Review You
AI review defaults to confirmation. A refutation protocol: hostile lenses, uncertainty charged against the work, findings that must survive their own panel.
Synthesis engineering needs a pedagogy, not just a methodology
A methodology tells practitioners what to do. A pedagogy forms judgment. What the Bauhaus teaches about growing synthesis engineering beyond its founders.
Synthesis merging: what happens after the first PR
Synthesis merging goes beyond conflict resolution. It is the creative act of integrating contributions into a coherent whole, making the combined result better
When a code review runbook becomes an upgrade playbook
I built a code review runbook to find problems. Then I used it on codebases I owned, and the review categories became execution phases. A checklist for assessme
What reviewing real codebases taught me about code review
I published a 900-check code review runbook. Then I used it on real engagements. The checklist worked, but the real lessons were about the process — starting wi
When Someone Else Contributes to Your Synthesis-Coded Project
Standard merge workflows break down for synthesis-coded projects. The adopt-and-adapt pattern provides a disciplined integration methodology that respects contr
Code Review That Scales: An Open-Source Runbook for Agentic Engineering
Most code review checklists are either too shallow or too heavy. This open-source runbook tiers review depth by project complexity — and is designed for agentic