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Synthesis Engineering: The Professional Practice Emerging in AI-Assisted Development

Why the most effective engineering organizations are developing systematic approaches that go beyond vibe coding — and why this practice needs a name This blog post is for CTOs, engineering leaders, technical executives. I've also written it be accessible to non-technical readers. I've had the same

November 9, 2025 · 12 min read

The Synthesis Engineering Framework: How Organizations Build Production Software with AI

From individual practice to organizational capability: a systematic approach to human-AI collaboration in professional software development This blog post is for engineering leaders, CTOs, and product managers. In my previous article, I introduced synthesis coding (a.k.a. synthesis engineering) — th

November 9, 2025 · 15 min read

Seventeen years ago, I built a tool for the open Web. This weekend, I modernized it using Synthesis Coding with Claude Code AI

In 2008, I released a WordPress plugin called Blogroll Links. The plugin displayed lists of links on WordPress pages using a shortcode. But the idea behind it was more ambitious than the implementation might suggest. I built Blogroll Links because I believed people should control their own online pr

November 29, 2025 · 8 min read

Why Synthesis Coding Still Writes Code in the Age of LLMs

The answer is not "just let the model do it" — and code matters more, not less, as AI gets dramatically better Last spring, my son Fitz and I had an afternoon math duel. He was twelve at the time. Sharp. Competitive. He took on the puzzle the traditional way — paper, pencil, and focused [...]

December 4, 2025 · 15 min read