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Writing from the workbench
Nikolas Barwicki
AI Product Engineer
I write about building products with AI, what changes when agents join the engineering team, and the lessons that only show up after shipping.
Latest writing (26)
2026
One year later, I write for myself first
The thinking matters more than the finished article.
Stop treating shipped specs as documentation
Specs guide the build, then become history.
I am building five iOS apps before I market them
I am recording a five-app bet from day zero.
Five Bets #1My first public skill - and the part it can't hand you
The one command installs the prompt. Not the work.
Hand on the Wheel #2I don't read most of the code my agents write
I read the critical code, skim the rest, and never hand off the architecture.
Hand on the Wheel #1Working in public
Public GitHub activity
Last 12 months · 235 active days
Jul 2025 — Jul 2026
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