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The AI Methodology Gap: Why Bottom-Up Has a Ceiling
Engineer-driven AI adoption solves a thousand local problems. The ones that actually move the needle — specs, contracts, sign-off — aren't local.
Apr 28 • Marco Brambilla
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Apr 25 • Marco Brambilla
Claude 4.7: Getting It Wrong More Persuasively
Post 3 set out a CDC test. 4.6 failed it. 4.7 ships ten weeks later and fails it differently — more sophistication, more confidence, a second error on…
Apr 25 • Marco Brambilla
The Spec Is the Design
If the engineer’s job is moving up the abstraction stack, then the spec is where they land.
Apr 9 • Marco Brambilla
The Physics of Safety: Why We Get CDC Wrong, and Why AIs Get it Worse
Or, how an over-trusted AI will quietly wave through catastrophic silicon failures.
Apr 7 • Marco Brambilla
The Model Matters More Than You Think
Not all AI is created equal. In chip design, the difference can cost you a respin.
Apr 4 • Marco Brambilla
Is AI Coming FOR You, or for YOU?
The noise is louder than the signal. Let's fix that.
Apr 3 • Marco Brambilla
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