AI on Pauls Blog

AI-Assisted Engineering: From Implementation to Specification

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The more I use AI to assist with coding, the more I realize that context is the primary currency of effective assistance. The quality of the output is directly proportional to the quality of information available to the assistant.

This realization has fundamentally changed how I work. I’ve started treating ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and design documents not as “after-the-fact” documentation, but as essential inputs to be versioned in Git alongside the code. Goodbye Confluence; hello documentation-as-code.

Diary 2026-04

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

April 2026

Things I’m seeing/reading/watching/listening to in April 2026…

LG Channels

Apparently LG TVs are supposed to come with an LG Channels app which provides 100s of free streaming channels

LG Channels

My TV is just a little too old (2017) and it doesn’t seem to have it. There are other options though:

Plex
Tubi

Podcasts

AI

Lots of AI SDLC tools popping up: