Building software, and keeping what works.

An independent engineering publication and lab by Quintin Orsmond.

Projects

FeatureKit: Keep the speed. Lose the mess.
Skills for the coding agent you already use, so it plans before it codes and proves the work before calling it done.
Baseline, Tokens, Layouts, Behaviors: From vibe to system.
CSS in four layers, so a product keeps up with its design system and a design change lands in one place.

Writing

9 November 2026
The User Story We Never Wrote
AI is making attackers better at finding what we’ve overlooked. Maybe it’s time we got better at looking for it ourselves.
AI-assisted engineering · Security
5 November 2026
The Code Looks Fine. That’s What Worries Me.
AI is changing how we build software. But are we paying enough attention to how it’s changing the way we think?
AI-assisted engineering · Code review
23 October 2026
Another X-Driven Development?
Why I built FeatureKit, and why I think we’re still missing something in the way we build software with AI.
AI-assisted engineering · FeatureKit