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AI-Augmented SDLC: Part 3 - Making It Work
AI tools accelerate delivery when BOTH conditions hold: pre-coding is settled and post-coding is representable in the coding process. Here's the formula — and what to fix if you want to actually ship faster.
AI-Augmented SDLC: Part 2 - The Bottlenecks
AI tools compressed coding time. But requirements, architecture, cross-team dependencies, and post-coding friction didn't compress with it. Faster coding meant faster arrival at the next blocker.
AI-Augmented SDLC: Part 1 - The Ecosystem
AI coding tools represent a genuine step change. Skills encode domain expertise, subagents handle scale, MCP integrations keep you in flow. Here's what the ecosystem can actually do — across three real projects.