Insights on AI-powered development, documentation patterns, and building maintainable software.

Cortex TMS Dogfooding Results: Quality Over Token Count

Cortex TMS Dogfooding Results: Quality Over Token Count

What we learned building Cortex with Cortex: governance documentation improves code quality, but token savings claims were overstated. Here are the real results and what matters.

From Zero Docs to AI-Ready in 10 Minutes

From Zero Docs to AI-Ready in 10 Minutes

After running cortex-tms init, users faced empty templates. We taught AI agents to bootstrap themselves.

Why AI Agents Need More Than a README

Why AI Agents Need More Than a README

We moved from a single README to a three-tier memory system for Claude Code. Here's what changed in our development workflow.

Our Approach to the AI PR Problem: Learning from tldraw's Experience

Our Approach to the AI PR Problem: Learning from tldraw's Experience

tldraw paused external contributions due to AI-generated PRs. Here's our early experiment with pattern-based code review to address this challenge.

Welcome to the Cortex TMS Blog

Welcome to the Cortex TMS Blog

Introducing the Cortex TMS blog - insights on AI-powered development, documentation patterns, and building maintainable software.