Writing from
the studio.
Essays and field notes on AI-native software, product design, workflow, and the decisions behind what the studio ships.
The latest essay, front and center.
The four-stage pipeline: how Armature designs before it generates
Why Armature uses four distinct AI agents (Interviewer, Architect, Planner, Generator) to produce better Claude Code environments than single-shot generation.
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Introducing Armature: Claude Code environments from a project spec
Armature is a meta-framework that interviews your project, designs an architecture, and assembles a complete Claude Code development environment. 23 stack templates, 12 specialist agents, git hooks, and security scans, ready in minutes.
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How we stopped AI-assisted speed from turning into technical debt
Six months of AI-assisted shipping taught us that speed is the easy part, sustaining quality is the hard one. Armature 2.0 is the answer, three habits that keep a codebase healthy while the pace stays high.
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How we shipped MetaScope in six months without wrecking the codebase
The story of Armature, the founder-built system we used to ship a professional macOS metadata editor in six months, with quality gates, persistent memory, and specialist AI agents that work the way a disciplined team does.
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How we taught Claude to speak Apple's language
Generic AI writes generic code. By giving Claude a curated, local view of Apple's framework documentation, we cut rework loops and ship macOS work that feels native on day one.