Blog / Andy Castro
Engineering notebook.
Reflections on product, architecture, and building software in the age of AI — without losing sight of people.
Editorial samples
All pieces are drafts, not published articles.
7 other topics / All drafts
AI & agents Editorial draft
AI agents need context, not unrestricted autonomy
Boundaries, review, and feedback to integrate agents into engineering work.
Architecture Published product
Aura — Work-flow intelligence · Andy Castro
Leadership & DX Editorial draft
Developer experience is product engineering too
A reflection on collaboration, workflow, and learning as a team.
Architecture Editorial draft
Scalable frontends start at the boundaries
Responsibilities, contracts, and pragmatic choices for systems that need to evolve.
Architecture Editorial draft
Microfrontends: a context-driven decision
What to consider before splitting an application and its responsibilities.
Quality Editorial draft
Quality is not the last step of development
Testing and continuous delivery as part of product decisions from day one.
SDD Editorial case study
Twice — SDD, Figma MCP, and Electron to reclaim disk space · Andy Castro
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