Readables
Notes and essays by Debarshi Basak, CTO of Adaptive.
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Building with Agents
Agents get you to 90% fast. The last 10% is where the engineering lives — and it still belongs to you. Notes on the last mile, decisions, and scope creep.
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At least you won't be alone
Alone with a beer in Leidseplein, talking to ChatGPT. A short note on what AI does to us socially — and the one thing it could never recommend.
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The AI that took a Sunday off
A Dutch ISP's agent told me the office was closed for the weekend. A short note on what happens when the rhythms we built for ourselves bend the systems we build.
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PRD-driven development
Vibecoding without a plan stacks tech debt fast. A PRD per task — kept in lockstep with the code — is what lets us ship AI-generated features with confidence.
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The death of the roadmap
The 12-month engineering plan I built six months ago is now irrelevant. Notes on what changes when leadership has to be fullstack.
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Beyond DevOps
On letting Claude run my infra, and what I saw on the other side.
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Hello, world
A short note on what this site is for and why it exists.