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Sun, 31 May 2026 09:08:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Feed for Node.js en Pathmode Blog | The Builder's Log https://pathmode.io/images/pathmode-icon-v2.png https://pathmode.io All rights reserved 2026, Pathmode Inc. <![CDATA[Context Rot Starts Upstream]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/context-rot-starts-upstream https://pathmode.io/blog/context-rot-starts-upstream Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Intent vs. Issues]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-vs-issues https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-vs-issues Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Input Factories]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/input-factories https://pathmode.io/blog/input-factories Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Anthropic and OpenAI Are Pointing at the Same Gap in Agentic Coding]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/anthropic-openai-same-gap https://pathmode.io/blog/anthropic-openai-same-gap Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Anthropic Just Made Specs Load-Bearing]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/anthropic-just-made-specs-load-bearing https://pathmode.io/blog/anthropic-just-made-specs-load-bearing Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Three-Person Team]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-three-person-team https://pathmode.io/blog/the-three-person-team Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Linear Says Issue Tracking Is Dead. They're Right About Half of It.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/linear-issue-tracking-half-right https://pathmode.io/blog/linear-issue-tracking-half-right Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Knowledge Over Code: What Karpathy's Token Shift Means for Product Teams]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/knowledge-over-code https://pathmode.io/blog/knowledge-over-code Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Next Product Discipline Isn't Context Engineering. It's Intent Engineering.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-engineering-vs-context-engineering https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-engineering-vs-context-engineering Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Anthropic's 2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report: Summary & Key Findings]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/orchestration-era-needs-intent https://pathmode.io/blog/orchestration-era-needs-intent Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Backlog Is Dead. Now What?]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-backlog-is-dead-now-what https://pathmode.io/blog/the-backlog-is-dead-now-what Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[What Is Intent Engineering? The Discipline That Replaced Prompt Engineering]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/what-is-intent-engineering https://pathmode.io/blog/what-is-intent-engineering Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[From Static Docs to Living Specs]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/from-static-docs-to-living-specs https://pathmode.io/blog/from-static-docs-to-living-specs Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Prompting Split Into 4 Skills — Only One of Them Scales]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/prompting-split-into-four-skills https://pathmode.io/blog/prompting-split-into-four-skills Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[YC Is Right About the Problem. The Name Will Kill the Solution.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/yc-got-it-wrong https://pathmode.io/blog/yc-got-it-wrong Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Why Your AI Prompts Fail: The Missing Layer Between Intent and Output]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/why-your-ai-prompts-fail https://pathmode.io/blog/why-your-ai-prompts-fail Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Direct Design Needs an Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/direct-design-needs-intent https://pathmode.io/blog/direct-design-needs-intent Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Why Jira Tickets Fail AI Agents]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/why-jira-tickets-fail-ai-agents https://pathmode.io/blog/why-jira-tickets-fail-ai-agents Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Sparse Bits Between]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-sparse-bits-between https://pathmode.io/blog/the-sparse-bits-between Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Pathmode Team) <![CDATA[AI Agents Don't Close the Gap]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/agents-dont-close-the-gap https://pathmode.io/blog/agents-dont-close-the-gap Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Pathmode Team) <![CDATA[The Double Diamond is Cracking]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-double-diamond-is-cracking https://pathmode.io/blog/the-double-diamond-is-cracking Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[AI-Native Teams Need an Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/ai-native-teams-need-intent https://pathmode.io/blog/ai-native-teams-need-intent Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Vibe Coding Hangover]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-vibe-coding-hangover https://pathmode.io/blog/the-vibe-coding-hangover Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-layer https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-layer Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Design is More Than Code—But Where Do You Design the Problem?]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/design-is-more-than-code https://pathmode.io/blog/design-is-more-than-code Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Your Title is a Lens, Not a Lane]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/title-is-a-lens https://pathmode.io/blog/title-is-a-lens Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Spec is Becoming the Product]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/spec-is-the-product https://pathmode.io/blog/spec-is-the-product Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Disappearing Middle of Software Work]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/disappearing-middle https://pathmode.io/blog/disappearing-middle Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Case Against Research Repositories]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/execution-over-management https://pathmode.io/blog/execution-over-management Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi)