Mihir Amin
Not Every Workflow Needs AI
The useful question is not where AI can help. It is where AI creates enough leverage to earn a durable place in the workflow.
AI and software developmentHuman-centered systems
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What changes when the tools change the work.
Essays from systems I helped build, the teams around them, and the human judgment that becomes more important as implementation gets easier.
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Empora Title
The Cost of Wonder
AI has made software feel playful and alive again. That same energy can quietly turn into burnout when engineers never stop using the muscles that make the moment exciting.
Sustainable creativityEngineering culture
Empora Title
Mondays at Empora
The old picture of engineering culture was a quiet room with headphones on and nobody talking. Ours looked nothing like that.
Engineering cultureProduct engineering
Empora Title
After engineering, the rest of the company
We started using AI in engineering for the obvious reason. The interesting part was discovering that the playbook ported directly to operations.
Human-centered systemsAI and software development
Empora Title
AI is in the work, not in the toolbelt
A year ago, I would have described an engineer as someone who writes code. I would not say that now.
AI and software developmentProduct engineering
Empora Title
What a year of AI in our SDLC taught us
A year ago, the most ambitious thing AI did for our engineers was tab completion. A year later, it ran overnight bug triage and prepared pull requests.
AI and software developmentProduct engineering