I'm Scott Drake. I write software and teach leadership, but what I really do is study complex things and turn those insights into systems anyone can use. This site is where I share past and current work.

The most important skill in AI-assisted development isn't prompting. It's management.

I spent this week building agents, shipping code with agents, and cleaning up after agents. And the pattern that kept showing up had nothing to do with the technology. It was the same pattern I've been teaching i...