AI Engineering

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Editorial pen-and-watercolour scene of an AI-native engineering pipeline: a fast stream of AI-generated pull requests flowing from a Claude-assisted source into a single human review-and-security checkpoint that has become the bottleneck, with small Claude and GitHub wordmarks used editorially
AI EngineeringAI-Native EngineeringEngineering Leadership

How to Run an AI-Native Engineering Org in 2026

Agentic coding doesn't remove the engineering bottleneck — it moves it from writing code to verifying it. Here's the 2026 operating model for an AI-native engineering org: the processes to rewrite, how code review changes, and the metrics that prove it's working.

Marco Lobo
Marco Lobo·3 Jun 2026·11 min read
Handdrawn editorial system diagram contrasting a fragile screenshot click loop with Microsoft Webwright's terminal-native browser automation workflow: Microsoft Research and Webwright logo card, Playwright script, disposable browser sessions, logs, screenshots, and reusable tool library on cream paper
AI EngineeringWebwrightMicrosoft Research

What Are Terminal-Native Web Agents? Microsoft Webwright and the End of Click-by-Click Computer Use (2026)

The next reliable web agent will not just click better. Microsoft Webwright points at the real shift: terminal-native agents that turn repeated browser work into Playwright code, logs, screenshots, fresh reruns, and reusable tools.

Marco Lobo
Marco Lobo·27 May 2026·13 min read
Editorial pen-and-watercolour branching decision tree inside a large codebase, with repo-shape paths for monorepo, legacy, and multi-repo work leading to Claude Code mechanics like CLAUDE.md scoping, subagents, agentic search, and /compact
AI EngineeringClaude CodeLarge Codebases

Where to Start With Claude Code in a Large Repo: A Decision Tree (2026)

You do not start a large Claude Code rollout by configuring everything. You start with the one mechanic your repo shape and your actual pain point demand — and ignore the rest until you hit them. This is the decision layer that runs before the build.

Marco Lobo
Marco Lobo·24 May 2026·11 min read
Handdrawn editorial illustration: a capable Claude agent (Anthropic wordmark + symbol legible) straining against heavy scaffolding poles, ropes and bolted-on guard rails labelled "orchestration", "tool wrappers", "fat system prompt"; a lighter, cleaner frame beside it labelled "boundaries that matter"; calm cream background, pen-and-watercolour style
AI EngineeringAgent HarnessHarness Debt

Harness Debt: Your AI Agent Scaffolding Is Quietly Fighting the Model (2026)

Your AI agent is probably worse than the model inside it — and the gap is your own scaffolding. An experimental harness scored over 2x Anthropic's standard one on the same model. The fix isn't a bigger framework; it's deleting the assumptions that went stale the day Claude Opus 4.6 shipped.

Marco Lobo
Marco Lobo·23 May 2026·11 min read
Handdrawn editorial spread showing Claude Code generating a single HTML file with side-by-side option grid, embedded SVG diagram, and a slider control, signed with the Claude wordmark and Anthropic symbol
AI EngineeringClaude CodeHTML

Claude Code + HTML: The 2026 Implementation Guide to the Right Output Medium

Anthropic's own engineers have moved Claude Code outputs to HTML for almost everything. The implementation question is when HTML wins, when it doesn't, and how the handoff from Claude Design to Claude Code should actually look.

Marco Lobo
Marco Lobo·20 May 2026·11 min read
Handdrawn city-scale software codebase with agent figures traversing modules, worktrees, hooks, and review gates
AI EngineeringClaude CodeLarge Codebases

Claude Code in Large Codebases: The 2026 Implementation Guide

Claude Code does not win large codebases by swallowing the repo. It wins when you build a navigation and governance layer around it.

Marco Lobo
Marco Lobo·19 May 2026·11 min read