Notes on AI-assisted software development. Tooling, workflow, and team practices for building with AI agents.https://patrickelmore.com/en-ushttps://patrickelmore.com/posts/context-pollution-debris-not-capacity/https://patrickelmore.com/posts/context-pollution-debris-not-capacity/Output quality degrades because the room is full of debris, not because the room is full. The fix is structural, not a bigger window.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineering-with-agentscontext-engineeringagent-workflowai-developmentsoftware-processhttps://patrickelmore.com/posts/tiered-planning-engineering-discipline/https://patrickelmore.com/posts/tiered-planning-engineering-discipline/Iterative development applied to the planning function itself. The checkpoints between tiers are the entire mechanism.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineering-with-agentsplanningagent-workflowai-developmentsoftware-process