TL;DR
- Start with What Actually Belongs in My AI Dev Stack in 2026 — the canonical stack essay
- Then An AI Tooling Learning Path — phased skill-building order
- Deep dives below cover comparisons and spec-driven workflows; single-tool posts are briefs, not entry points
Canonical essays
- What Actually Belongs in My AI Dev Stack in 2026
- An AI Tooling Learning Path: Logical Phases for 2026
- Context Engineering — the production skill behind reliable coding agents
- Spec-Driven Development — when the brief becomes the product
Deep dives
- Claude Code vs Cursor: A 6-Month Comparison
- GitHub Spec Kit and Spec-Driven Development
- GitHub Spec Kit in 2026: SDD Goes Mainstream
- My AI-Augmented Design Workflow
- When to Fine-Tune vs When to RAG
Briefs (moment-in-time)
These are useful snapshots, not the starting point:
Related
- Trust series — reliability and evaluation for agents you ship
- Personal AI Development Stack — my live tooling inventory