Hey, I'm Rajat 👋

20 years building teams, organizations, and software. I write about AI engineering, enterprise architecture, and the craft of building great products. I've led engineering orgs, co-founded startups (learned what not to do), and had the best engineering gig of my life shipping JavaScript at Netflix.

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Featured

• Something Big Is Being Sold

  12 Feb, 2026

  Matt Shumer's viral AI post isn't full of lies. It's something harder to argue with. It's truth with the context removed.

• .agentlint: Stop Prompting, Start Specifying

  7 Feb, 2026

  Your AI coding agent isn't broken. It's flying blind. Here's the config file it's been missing.

• Context Outlives Prompts

  1 Feb, 2026

  Everyone's optimizing prompts. But prompts get rewritten. Context survives. Here's what actually matters in the AI era.

• Build vs Buy Is the Wrong Question

  31 Jan, 2026

  The conventional wisdom says building gives you freedom while buying creates lock-in. That framing is wrong. Here's a better way to think about it.

• Data Outlives Code

  16 Jan, 2026

  Every line of code you write today will be deleted. The question is whether your data survives the transition.