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Strong governance is what gets agents disciplined enough to auto-merge and deploy
Published: 2026-04-18
Explores why the real challenge is not getting agents to write code, but making their work disciplined and trustworthy enough to merge and deploy safely.
One shared CLI is better than four fake integrations
Published: 2026-04-17
Argues for a shared integration layer across coding tools instead of rebuilding narrow one-off wrappers for each new agent surface.
From Development Governance to Production Governance
Published: 2026-04-14
Connects development governance, release lanes, and smoke testing into an end-to-end model for proving that intended outcomes are actually live.
Strong engineers need more than a polished summary now
Published: 2026-04-07
Makes the case that AI has made polish cheap, so engineers now need richer proof of judgment, work, and credibility than a tidy summary alone.
Your app is not agent accessible because it has a chatbot
Published: 2026-04-01
Explains the difference between adding a chatbot and building an app an agent can actually inspect, understand, and operate safely.
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Explore is now agent-accessible.
Published: 2026-03-31
Introduces Explore's authenticated login flow for agents and frames the shift from having an API to enabling agents to act inside the real product.
Writing by Johnny Butler
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