Category Archives: Engineering Management

Part 3 – Inside an AI-First Pod: How Four People Out-Deliver a Team of Twelve

You don’t believe it until you watch it happen. Four people. One requirement. Four hours later, it’s in production. The first time you see it, you assume they cut corners. Test coverage? 94%. Error handling? Comprehensive. Security? Passed automated checks. They didn’t cut corners. They just removed the waiting. See exactly how a pod operates—including what happens when the architect disappears for three weeks.

Part 2 – The AI-First Delivery Model: Why Your Agile Team Can’t Just Add AI and Hope

AI is no longer a convenience tool. It has changed the pace of what is possible, while most organisations kept the same delivery model. This article explains why effort no longer wins, why structure does, and how AI first pods can ship in hours instead of weeks.