Using Probity to enforce TDD guardrails for AI coding agents – Q&A with Nizar Selander
Nizar was recently interviewed by Emily Bache for Modern Software Engineering (MSE) about Probity, his latest open-source project for enforcing guardrails for autonomous AI codi...
Jimmy's initial thoughts after The Future of Software Development Retreat Europe
Future of Software Development Retreat Europe is an invite-only gathering held in the Swiss Alps, hosted by Thoughtworks, and designed to navigate the shift to AI-native softwar...
Is our organisation ready for AI?
There are quite a lot of comments flowing around right now that GenAI is an accelerator. Good news if you are in a good situation, since the good will be increased. Bad news if ...
What will tomorrow look like?
How do you organise for tomorrow when nobody knows what tomorrow looks like?
Need an outside perspective on your architecture?
One thing we do at factor10 is software architecture reviews. We honestly can’t recall a single review that didn’t uncover valuable insights, reveal hidden opportunities, or giv...
A reminder to stay in control of your agents
These tools are good, but seriously flawed. Trust but verify.
On-demand webinar: 5 pro tips from developing and using TDD Guard
You’ve seen the potential of agentic coding. It looks exciting – until it breaks 10 minutes later. Again, and again. Frustrating, right? In this recorded webinar, Nizar, creator...
AI thoughts, June 2025
It’s been over 1.5 years since I last posted anything about “AI” so I felt it was time to share a few more thoughts. That last post explored how LLMs can be used in customer sol...