I have a new Ask Good Questions guide and field note posted.
The guide is called “Let the Big Dog Run,” and it’s about giving AI enough room to do the things it’s actually good at: writing code, helping debug code, turning rough ideas into specs, keeping changelogs honest, preparing handoffs, and doing the boring project work that developers often avoid.
The point isn’t to hand AI the steering wheel. The point is to give it clear boundaries, then let it carry more of the work.
Guide:
https://askgoodquestions.dev/guides/let-the-big-dog-run
The companion field note is “The Day Claude Tried to Sell Me My Own Workflow.” It came out of a real conversation I had with Claude about whether I should switch from my current session-based AI coding workflow to a more agentic workflow.
That conversation ended up being more interesting than expected, because Claude gradually recognized that I was already getting many of the practical benefits people associate with agentic coding, but with tighter control and a much lower monthly cost.
Field note:
https://askgoodquestions.dev/field-notes/the-day-claude-tried-to-sell-me-my-own-workflow
Both pieces are part of the thinking behind Real Programmers Use AI.