Adam Boon · Devon, United Kingdom

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Long-form pieces on AI-assisted software work, economics of delivery, craft, and product method. These are essays, not posts: written to clarify my own thinking and to leave a public trail of how conclusions were reached.

Series: AI Coding

Three connected essays — legitimacy and guilt, shifted development economics, and what to preserve when generation gets fluent. Read in order or jump in where the question bites.

AI Coding · Part 3Essay

AI and software practice · 2026-04-12 · 10 min read

AI Coding Part 3: What We Lose

Part 3 of the AI Coding trilogy on what AI-assisted building can thin out, and what disciplined teams should deliberately preserve.

AISoftware CraftProduct JudgmentInterpretation
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AI Coding · Part 2Essay

AI and software practice · 2026-04-11 · 10 min read

AI Coding Part 2: Development Costs

Part 2 of the AI Coding trilogy on shifted software economics: speed gains, hidden costs, and scope discipline.

AISoftware EconomicsProduct DevelopmentScope
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AI Coding · Part 1Essay

AI and software practice · 2026-04-10 · 9 min read

AI Coding Part 1: Why I Stopped Feeling Guilty

Part 1 of the AI Coding trilogy on guilt, legitimacy, and why AI-assisted building still depends on human judgment.

AISoftware BuildingProduct PracticeAuthorship
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