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A One-Page AI Usage Policy That Actually WorksApr 20, 2026 · 8 min
A short, adoptable AI usage policy for engineering teams: what to put on the page, what to leave off, and why the policy matters less than the habits it makes explicit.
Explicit Control Loops Playbook: AI-Assisted Dev Adoption Loop
The First 90 Days: Introducing AI-Assisted Dev to a New TeamApr 20, 2026 · 9 min
How I would roll out AI-assisted development on a team that has not standardized: what to do in week one, what to earn the right to argue about later, and what almost always goes wrong.
Explicit Control Loops Playbook: AI-Assisted Dev Adoption Loop
Build Your Own Legs Before the Crutches FailMar 9, 2026 · 14 min
AI-assisted development is useful leverage, but only if you convert borrowed competence into real judgment before the support becomes a dependency.
Explicit Control Loops Playbook: AI-Assisted Dev Adoption Loop Playbook: Agent Rollout With Guardrails