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Articles that trace how failure modes, red flags, tech decisions, and playbooks connect in practice — drawing on the four catalogs to map the larger patterns that individual entries only hint at.

  1. 01 13 May 2026

    AI Accelerates Old Failure Modes

    AI did not invent the ordinary gaps in software delivery like incomplete specifications, rushed reviews unclear ownership, or architecture that is harder to explain than we would like. It made those gaps easier to carry forward into working code. This is why engineering judgment matters more than ever.

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