ArticleWhat is a context layer for AI agents? Data context vs product context
Most context layer definitions are written for data agents. What one holds when agents build software.
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Notes for teams building in the agentic era.
Product thinking, field reports, and releases from the team building the context layer for production-grade product work.
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ArticleWill AI replace product managers? How AI is changing the PM role
No, but the job moves. Agents take the drafting; PMs keep the bets, the trade-offs and the context agents need.
ArticleThe product discovery process with AI: what AI can and can't do before the spec
A step-by-step discovery process for teams using AI: where it speeds up research, and where judgment stays human.
ArticlePDLC vs SDLC: the difference, and what changes when AI collapses the handoff
PDLC decides what to build, SDLC decides how. What changes when AI agents shrink the handoff between them.
ArticleAgentic SDLC for enterprise teams: closing the context gap between discovery and code
Agents can build, test and review. At enterprise scale, the hard part is getting them the decisions behind the work.
ArticleWhat is a software factory? From DevSecOps pipelines to agentic factories, and the discovery gap
Three things people mean by software factory, what an agentic one automates, and the discovery gap it leaves open.
ArticleThe AI SDLC is really a product lifecycle: why PDLC and SDLC are merging
AI agents make building cheap, so the hard part moves to deciding what to build. Why PDLC and SDLC become one loop.
ArticleSpec-driven development for product teams: turn evidence into a testable decision
A useful spec records one product decision: a testable outcome, known boundaries, and what the team learns after release.
ArticleAGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md vs Cursor rules: a structure your team can maintain
Instruction files work when they have one source of truth, a clear scope, and an owner instead of copies of a 500-line handbook.
ArticleHow to give AI coding agents real product context
A decision packet gives a coding agent the current decision, its evidence, its boundaries and proof of done.