001 2026.05.18
May 18, 2026
The 75% Problem: Why AI-Assisted Builds Stall at the Finish Line
AI gets you to 75% fast. That's the trap: the 75% mark looks finished, and the last 25% takes as long as the first 75%. Here's how to plan for it.
I lead developer advocacy at Global Payments, building developer experience infrastructure at enterprise scale. I apply the same approach to local business web presence: done-for-you builds and ongoing management for owners who don’t have time to figure it out themselves.
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001 2026.05.18
May 18, 2026
AI gets you to 75% fast. That's the trap: the 75% mark looks finished, and the last 25% takes as long as the first 75%. Here's how to plan for it.
002 2026.05.11
May 11, 2026
The reason AI-assisted builds stall isn't the model: design decisions were never made. Here's why writing the spec first changes everything.
003 2026.05.04
May 4, 2026
Most CLAUDE.md files decay because they're written as config and forgotten. Here's how to treat them as living artifacts that improve over time.
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