A hands-on guide to practicing synthesis coding (a.k.a. synthesis engineering) with concrete examples, real workflows, and lessons from production systems I wrote this blog post for software engineers, architects, and technical leads. This one is code-heavy and implementation-focused. In the first t
I wrote this blog post for software engineers, architects, and technical leads. It is code-heavy and implementation-focused. This weekend I was working across three repositories simultaneously in Visual Studio Code. I worked on RagBot — a multi-LLM chatbot that lets you switch between OpenAI, Anthro
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 [...]
What separates synthesis coding from vibe coding isn't the tools — it's the decisions. This technical case study walks through the architectural choices, implementation patterns, and verification strategies behind a real open-source project.