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If It’s Working, Why Are You Shrinking?
Nobody got promoted for using a billion screws — and no company reached the future by laying off the people who knew how to build the car.
Jun 8
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Marco Brambilla
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May 2026
Where Tomorrow’s Engineers Come From, Part 2: The Apprenticeship Problem
AI can teach the fundamentals.
May 27
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Marco Brambilla
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Where Tomorrow’s Engineers Come From, Part 1: The Role That Survives
AI is reshaping which roles persist and which fade. The honest answer matters for the 17-year-olds choosing majors, the directors making AI strategy…
May 25
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Marco Brambilla
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April 2026
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
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Marco Brambilla
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Apr 25
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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
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Marco Brambilla
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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
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Marco Brambilla
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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
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Marco Brambilla
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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
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Marco Brambilla
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Is AI Coming FOR You, or for YOU?
The noise is louder than the signal. Let's fix that.
Apr 3
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Marco Brambilla
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