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Building BowSmith solo with AI orchestration — the running case study behind the writing.

Where the three-tier stack was overkill: an honest retrospective

Where the three-tier stack was overkill: an honest retrospective

Not a victory lap the opposite. Where the stack was overkill, where the hand-off cost more than it saved, and the one-question filter I now run before I stand up the architect tier at all.

RPI → RPIQ: the method that made AI build production software

RPI → RPIQ: the method that made AI build production software

For the first stretch of this project I didn't have a method. I had a chat window, a vague plan, and a lot of optimism. It got me surprisingly far and then it fell over — not because the model wasn't capable, but because I wasn't giving it a system to be capable inside of.

The RPIQ loop: where the architect tier actually sits

The RPIQ loop: where the architect tier actually sits

That methodology is the loop I've been running long before any of these models existed: Research → Plan → Implement → Quality. RPIQ. This post maps the stack onto it — and shows why the mapping, not the model, is the thing worth keeping.

Orchestration Part3: Why I took the architect tier out of my delivery work on purpose

Orchestration Part3: Why I took the architect tier out of my delivery work on purpose

I pay for less AI than I could afford. On purpose. Two months ago I dropped the top tier from my subscription — the architect tier, the one with Opus Max in it. Not because it wasn't good. Because it was too good at being reached for.

CAST part3: Building the team: from 17 role-based agents to task-based Agent Teams

CAST part3: Building the team: from 17 role-based agents to task-based Agent Teams

Somewhere in Phase 4 of this build, my job changed. I stopped prompting an assistant and started managing a team — one you can't see, that never sleeps, and that will confidently agree with itself right off a cliff if you let it.

CAST part 1: How a QA professional with zero iOS experience built a production app using AI – and what I learned about the future of software delivery

CAST part 1: How a QA professional with zero iOS experience built a production app using AI – and what I learned about the future of software delivery

I have spent 20 years in software testing and quality assurance. I knew almost nothing about iOS development. Zero Swift experience. Yet here I am, 18 months later, with a production-ready iOS app approaching alpha launch.

Meet BowSmith: An Archery App Born from AI and Obsession

Meet BowSmith: An Archery App Born from AI and Obsession

What happens when an archer with too many ideas meets AI-powered coding tools? An experiment that became an app. English The Short Version BowSmith is an iOS app for bow archers and 3D shooters. It helps you track your equipment, calculate arrow setups, generate sight tapes, and keep your