Archive - Working Frontier

Your agents build faster than you can understand

Apr 28 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

Technical Debt Is Dead

The shortcut costs the same as the right solution now

Apr 21 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

Not Every Session Needs a Plan

Plan mode is a tool, not a default

Apr 14 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

Software Feels Free Again

How collapsing build costs are killing the subscription trap

Apr 7 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

March 2026

The Cheap Subscription Is Not Enough

Why real fluency with agents requires volume

Mar 31 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

Make the Test Fail First

A practical way to use red-green TDD with AI agents

Mar 24 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

What an AI Agent Should Find in a New Component

A four-question test for whether the component explains itself

Mar 17 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

The Three Feedback Loops of Agentic Software

Why better feedback loops let agents work with more autonomy

Mar 13 • Andrei-Mihai Nicolae

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