One path to production, and it is the pipeline
Every change that reaches production by a side door makes the next one easier. Give it one path, and make that path fast enough to use.
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Notes from the studio on AI strategy, vibe coding, and the unglamorous work between a working demo and software you can leave running.
Every change that reaches production by a side door makes the next one easier. Give it one path, and make that path fast enough to use.
The people who do the work know which task is worth automating. They will tell you, if their name is not attached to the answer.
A good demo proves someone can build the happy path. These are the questions that tell you whether anyone has run the thing in production.
An AI feature does not fail loudly. It returns a confident wrong answer with a 200, and your dashboard stays green.
The first step of assess, pilot, ship gets the least respect and does the most work. Here is what comes out of it.
AI-assisted delivery is genuinely fast. It stays fast only when one person is accountable for every line that ships.
A prompt is the most load-bearing string in an AI feature, and it usually lives somewhere nobody can diff.
Tell us where you're stuck. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.