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.
Adam Boon · Devon, United Kingdom
Essays
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 and software practice · 2026-04-12 · 10 min read
Part 3 of the AI Coding trilogy on what AI-assisted building can thin out, and what disciplined teams should deliberately preserve.
AI and software practice · 2026-04-11 · 10 min read
Part 2 of the AI Coding trilogy on shifted software economics: speed gains, hidden costs, and scope discipline.
AI and software practice · 2026-04-10 · 9 min read
Part 1 of the AI Coding trilogy on guilt, legitimacy, and why AI-assisted building still depends on human judgment.