Microsoft, Claude Code, and Strategic Distillation
A short read on why Microsoft's Claude Code rollout may have been less of a failed experiment and more of an R&D shortcut for improving Copilot.
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Enforcing Guardrails in Claude Code
Practical Claude Code guardrails for blocking dangerous shell commands, protecting secrets, requiring Terraform plan review, and enforcing test checks.
From Ticket Throughput to Product Responsibility
What the Product Engineer owns in 2026: product intent, agent pipelines, testing completeness, compliance, and production outcomes.