Xxameoninxameon.hashnode.dev·5h ago · 5 min readAI Demo vs Operations System: Why a Prototype Is Not Your System of RecordAI demos look magical in a boardroom. A chat UI summarises a PDF, a vibe-coded prototype books a mock order, a weekend tool scrapes a spreadsheet and answers “status?” in natural language. None of tha10
Xxameoninxameon.hashnode.dev·5h ago · 5 min readBuild vs Buy: Custom Workflow System or Boxed ERP for Companies?Companies often face the same fork: buy a branded ERP module pack, or build (or commission) software that matches how the operation actually works. The wrong choice is expensive either way, years of w00
PPowerduckinblogs.powerduck.com·13h ago · 4 min readThe tab tax: why I stopped alt-tabbing out of my editor to test an APILast week I caught myself doing the same loop for the fourth time in an hour: write a handler in the editor, alt-tab to the browser, wait for the Postman tab to focus, re-send the request I ran ten mi00
BCBrock Clausseninfoxhole.hashnode.dev·Oct 3 · 9 min readEffects, Actions, and Why Workflow Runtimes Need Side-Effect BoundariesFirst published in my LinkedIn newsletter. Corsac is still a work in progress; this describes it as it was then. The annoying part of a workflow runtime isn't running code. It's knowing what code is s00
BCBrock Clausseninfoxhole.hashnode.dev·Oct 3 · 10 min readCorsac Phase 2: Closing the Runtime GapFirst published in my LinkedIn newsletter. Corsac is still a work in progress; this describes it as it was then. At the end of Corsac Phase 1, the project had crossed an important line. It was no long00
MMihai_LeanZeroinleanzero.hashnode.dev·Oct 3 · 13 min readYour migrated workflow rules still run. That is not the same as still workingYour migrated workflow rules still run. That is not the same as still working Key takeaways Missing data leaves a hole you can see. Broken logic leaves a rule that is present, enabled and wrong — the00
PPowerduckinblogs.powerduck.com·Oct 2 · 6 min readGenerate code from the spec, not the spec from the codeHere is the failure pattern every team using a coding agent has hit by week two. The agent builds the screen fast, wires the form, posts to the create endpoint — and the integration is wrong. limit be00
YPYap Pat Yihinyappatyih.hashnode.dev·Oct 2 · 6 min readWhy I run my company on a Brain and a HandFirst published on yappatyih.com. TL;DR I run two kinds of Claude Code session. The Brain reads, investigates, decides and writes a brief. The Hand pastes that brief, builds, commits and reports back.00
PPowerduckinblogs.powerduck.com·Oct 1 · 5 min readDesigning an API before the first line of codeThe new reservations service had no code, no database schema, and three teams already arguing. Product wanted holds that expire. The mobile team wanted one endpoint, not five. Backend wanted the error00
YLYaoshen Luoinluoyaoshen.hashnode.dev·Sep 30 · 6 min readWhy AI Agent Benchmark MattersYou probably are not short of demos. What you lack is judgment. In 2026, competitive organizations have already put AI agents into real workflows. The question is no longer whether they can do it, bu00