Don't Pick a Side

Steelmanning the loudest debates in AI engineering — then landing on a rule, not a tribe.

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Fine-Tuning vs Retrieval

Jul 14, 2026

The seventh debate I keep having with myself — and the one where the answer was hiding in how your brain sleeps.

Prompt Engineering vs Prompt Discipline

Jul 7, 2026

The dead skill was writing magic words. The living one is designing the loop that turns intent into verified action.

Code vs No Code

Jun 30, 2026

The fifth debate I keep having with myself — except this one is named wrong, and the real fight is more interesting than either tribe lets on.

Workflow vs Agent

Jun 23, 2026

The fourth debate I keep having with myself — and the one where the industry is finally close to a shared vocabulary, just in time for everyone to use it wrong.

Reactive vs Present Agents

Jun 16, 2026

The third debate I keep having with myself — and the one with the cleanest infrastructure consequence.