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Topic guides
Curated reading orders by subject. Start here if you want the argument for a topic compressed into 5–6 essays rather than browsed across the full index.
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AI engineering
What production AI engineering actually looks like in 2026: the autonomy ladder for agents, the workflow shift, telemetry, and team sizing.
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Security for startups
A guided reading order for startup security: what to read first on SOC 2 as a revenue tool, vCISO hiring, and securing AI-native products.
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Engineering leadership
Engineering leadership at startup scale: hiring from one engineer to fifteen, rituals that work at small teams, the staff-engineer interview loop.
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Elixir and the BEAM for AI systems
Why language choice matters for AI systems: BEAM concurrency for agents, what Go frameworks cost you, and why Elixir is the language AI writes best.
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Omarchy
Running Omarchy with coding agents, starting on an M1 MacBook: the install, what breaks, the keyboard, and what a security lead inherits from agents.