Where engineering discipline lives in an AI team

Slide 1 - cover #

AI is delivering real value now. Good engineering practice still decides whether teams thrive — or burn out.

Slide 2 - the problem #

Engineers are overwhelmed. Not because AI fails — because the pace of change outruns shared context and judgment.

Slide 3 - architecture #

Solid architecture sets the frame and boundaries AI should operate inside. Without it, agents invent a new system every Monday.

Slide 4 - RFCs and ADRs #

RFCs debate the hard call. ADRs keep the why. Together they give humans and agents the context that prompts alone cannot hold.

Slide 5 - 1:1s #

1:1s build the relationship. Trust, growth, hard news — the part no agent can replace.

Slide 6 - what changed on my team #

One shared brain, not private models of the system. More help, more sparring, better under pressure. I trust their judgment more — and I can delegate.

Slide 7 - closing #

Keep the human judgment. Write the decisions down. Own the architecture together. Agents amplify whatever frame you give them.