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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Reactive vs Present Agents

Jun 16, 2026

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

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Spec-first vs Vibe-first

Jun 9, 2026

The other debate I keep having with myself — and why most teams are fighting the wrong half of it.

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Team Polite vs Team Machine

Jun 3, 2026

The debate I keep having with myself — and why this is the right place to start a series called Don't Pick a Side.

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Don't Pick a Side

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

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