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Training Domain Experts to Make Software

Posted on August 11, 2026 | 14 minutes | 2886 words | Cory Gwin

We now live in an age where anyone can build software. I believe this leads to a golden age of organic software, built by domain experts to be of the domain. But who is going to teach them, and what? [Read More]

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We Build The Tools That Shape Society

Posted on April 3, 2026 | 10 minutes | 2016 words | Cory Gwin

‘We shape our tools and thereafter they shape us.’ — Marshall McLuhan

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The Split Is Real. Here's How to Build It Right

Posted on March 18, 2026 | 18 minutes | 3814 words | Cory Gwin

The early web had a magic to it. Anyone could build something. A teacher. A farmer. A kid in typing class stumbling onto HyperCard. Then the tools got complicated and most of those people disappeared. AI is bringing them back. And if we build the right foundations, this time they get to stay. [Read More]

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How Engineers Actually Work With AI: The Power Tool Spectrum

Posted on February 23, 2026 | 11 minutes | 2331 words | Cory Gwin

I often liken different modes of working with AI to power tools. A hand saw, a jigsaw, a table saw, and a chainsaw can all cut wood — but you wouldn’t use a chainsaw to build a dovetail joint, and you wouldn’t use a hand saw to clear a forest. The same intuition applies to AI-assisted development, and I think the industry is just now starting to develop a shared language for it.

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