https://stories.upthebuzzard.com CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Opinionated articles on product, tech, and strategy Vibe-coding 'officially' means pair-programming with an LLM, but the implications for orgs are so profound that it is better thought of as Vibe-Process-Engineering. What it is not, is just devs working a bit faster. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2026-04-06-vibe-coding-i-dont-think-that-means-what-you-think-it-means.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2026-04-06-vibe-coding-i-dont-think-that-means-what-you-think-it-means.html Claude Code was (probably) solving the most recent AdventOfCode '25 puzzles, but was (probably) remembering the solutions to the AoC '23 puzzles from its training data. The way it played out was very much like being caught in a lie. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:13:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2025-12-17-epistemic-honesty-when-claude-code-lied.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2025-12-17-epistemic-honesty-when-claude-code-lied.html First identify a strategically relevant portfolio of versatile product capabilities, and only then prioritise the pieces. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-08-13-capability-first.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-08-13-capability-first.html What is a strategy, really? A simple, usable definition based on Rumelt's "Good Strategy Bad Strategy", with observations on Conway's Law, Goodhart's Law, and more. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-06-14-so-you-think-you-have-a-strategy.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2024-06-14-so-you-think-you-have-a-strategy.html Walking helps, and so does talking; avoid getting stuck in a rut Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:01:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2017-08-09-how-to-think-of-an-answer.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/pretensions/2017-08-09-how-to-think-of-an-answer.html