A Synthesis Engineering Craft

How Claude's Memory Actually Works (And Why CLAUDE.md Matters)

Understanding Claude's context architecture changes how you work with it. The tradeoffs between automatic continuity and on-demand depth explain why persistent

December 12, 2025·7 min read

What OpenAI's Sora Build Teaches Us About Synthesis Coding

Four engineers shipped a #1 Play Store app in 28 days using AI agents. Their approach validates the patterns I've been writing about — and adds new ones worth s

December 10, 2025·6 min read

Building ownwords: A Synthesis Coding Case Study

What separates synthesis coding from vibe coding isn''t the tools — it''s the decisions. This technical case study walks through the architectural choices,...

December 7, 2025·12 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 aftern...

December 4, 2025·15 min read

Polyrepo Synthesis: Synthesis Coding Across Multiple Repositories with Claude Code in Visual Studio Code

I wrote this blog post for software engineers, architects, and technical leads. It is code-heavy and implementation-focused. This weekend I was working acr...

November 30, 2025·16 min read

Synthesis Coding with Claude Code: Technical Implementation and Workflows

A hands-on guide to practicing synthesis coding (a.k.a. synthesis engineering) with concrete examples, real workflows, and lessons from production systems ...

November 9, 2025·20 min read