# adaptive software (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover adaptive software. Page: Feed: --- ## [Your A/B Tests Are Limiting What Your Software Can Learn](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/your-ab-tests-are-limiting-what-your) _2026-08-19 · Noam Tenne · Adaptive Software_ The Feedback Cap is the one limit software never redistributed and it's the constraint of the agent era ## [The Decisions We Keep for Ourselves](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-decisions-we-keep-for-ourselves) _2026-08-10 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ I build software that rewrites itself, and I assumed the hard part would be the engineering. Seventy years of research told me otherwise. ## [The Paradox of Prudence](https://www.rishidean.com/paradox-of-prudence/) _2026-08-03 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ The decisions that stagnate growing businesses aren't the bad ones; rather, they're a series of individually smart ones that never compound. ## [Action Architecture: How Agents Act Safely](https://www.rishidean.com/action-architecture/) _2026-07-22 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ We've explored on this blog, systems that have a memory architecture, and how we can update that memory architecture to effectively "learn". Now, we explore how we can let agents run unsupervised safely. This is the final piece in the adaptive software architecture. ## [The Computer For The 21st Century, Revisited](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-computer-for-the-21st-century) _2026-07-14 · Noam Tenne · Adaptive Software_ Can Adaptive Software act as a harness for your attention? ## [Computer in the Loop](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/computer-in-the-loop) _2026-07-08 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ Wendy Mackay has spent four decades watching people bend software to their will, and she has a precise idea of where AI belongs in that process. ## [Sky's the Limit: a hands-on guide to agentic engineering](https://www.rishidean.com/learn-agentic-development/) _2026-06-27 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ I recently introduced the "AI Adoption Continuum", that maps the proficiency of people & orgs. It uses a transportation metaphor, going from walking all the way to flying rockets. This tutorial aims to get you from "ground transportation" to "airborne" by showing how to build agent harnesses. ## [In Defense of Banality](https://www.rishidean.com/in-defense-of-banality/) _2026-06-26 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ In a culture obsessed with optimizing every minute, we've started treating enjoyments like spectator sports and comedy as a waste of time. That's exactly backwards; these 'banalities' are the essential infrastructure of a functioning society. ## [The artificial life lesson](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-artificial-life-lesson) _2026-06-18 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ What forty years of digital evolution research figured out about software that changes itself ## [A Counter to the Counter to the SaaS-pocalypse](https://www.rishidean.com/counter-to-the-counter-to-the-saaspocalypse/) _2026-06-16 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ The strongest defense of SaaS just became the strongest case for building. ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lqTIKNHiPxyf) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Token Tuition: Why You Can't ROI Your Way to AI Transformation](https://www.rishidean.com/token-tuition/) _2026-06-12 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ The two loudest reactions to AI token spend are both half-right and equally reactive. ## [$150 in Tokens Beats $150K in Consultants](https://www.rishidean.com/150-in-tokens-beats-150k-in-consultants/) _2026-06-09 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ We took the term 'vibe coding' and bolted it onto every use of AI across the be whole field. The vocabulary gap is actually strategic, not just semantic. ## [The Interface for AI Hasn't Been Invented Yet](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-interface-for-ai-hasnt-been-invented) _2026-06-03 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ Telepath founder Stephen Hood on why the desktop metaphor stuck, why chat won't, and what comes next ## [The Supercomputer in the Corner](https://www.rishidean.com/the-supercomputer-in-the-corner/) _2026-05-27 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ Most companies are designing their AI Transformation efforts to increase productivity. But that alone just makes them a more efficient version of yesterday's company. The real game is deepening your relationship with your customer. ## [Layered Context: An Adaptive Memory Architecture for Agents](https://www.rishidean.com/layered-context/) _2026-05-20 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ Once you're past isolated sessions, memory moves from a feature you bolt on, to the medium the agent runs on. ## [The Context Inversion](https://www.rishidean.com/the-context-inversion/) _2026-05-20 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ Specs have always been written for humans and scraped by machines. But the process has now reversed, as the scraping is now the primary read. ## [The Stable Thing](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-stable-thing) _2026-05-19 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ Software Has Always Had a Fixed Point. We’re About to Move It. ## [The Time Traveler's Dilemma](https://www.rishidean.com/the-time-travelers-dilemma/) _2026-05-18 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ The Dilemma Drop someone from 1985 into today. Hand them a smartphone. Tell them to "just Google it." They'll understand your words, but will have no clue what you asked. They're bounded by the mental model of the past. Forty years of compounding context, ## [Portals vs. Protocols](https://www.rishidean.com/portals-vs-protocols/) _2026-05-11 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ In every mature tech duopoly, one ultimately becomes the dominant portal. Challengers who try to build a smaller, better portal lose, while the ones who win shift the axes of competition entirely. ## [The Wrapper and the Code](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-wrapper-and-the-code) _2026-05-05 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ How Apple's vibe coding crackdown collides with software that doesn't hold still ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yKwYRVt7J4Qw) _2026-05-05 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Permanently Unfinished](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/permanently-unfinished) _2026-04-15 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ On generative music, the black box, and software that grows ## [The Contract Year](https://www.rishidean.com/contract-year/) _2026-04-13 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ The career ladder was always a queue. AI just made the line transparent. ## [What Agents Can’t Read, They Can’t Change](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/what-agents-cant-read-they-cant-change) _2026-04-09 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ On building software for agents versus agents for software ## [Code Over Config](https://www.rishidean.com/adaptive-software-the-end-of-prescriptive-code/) _2026-04-05 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ For 30 years, software has told users how to work. Adaptive Software flips that. It watches how users actually work and rewrites itself around them. Here's the architecture behind software that learns, compiles, and evolves without a product roadmap. ## [Coordination by Choice, not Command](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/coordination-by-choice-not-command) _2026-04-02 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ How structure emerges without anyone in charge ## [Few Companies Know What AI Transformation Means](https://www.rishidean.com/few-companies-know-what-ai-transformation-actually-means/) _2026-03-30 · Rishi Dean · Rishi Dean_ Most companies think AI transformation means new tools and greater productivity, but the goal is really to make everyone a "builder". ## [Software for One](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/software-for-one) _2026-03-26 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ On February 17, David Singleton published a blog post announcing Dreamer, the company he’d spent a year building with Hugo Barra and Nicholas Jitkoff. ## [What Was Confusing?](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/what-was-confusing) _2026-03-18 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ The form has seven headings. ## [The First Adaptive Software Was a Virus](https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-first-adaptive-software-was-a) _2026-03-10 · Iris ten Teije · Adaptive Software_ In 1975, a novelist named John Brunner published a book called The Shockwave Rider. The internet didn’t exist yet. The first personal computer had gone on sale the year before: a kit you soldered together yourself. ## [What is Context Engineering? The Architecture of Reliable AI](https://www.denoise.digital/what-is-context-engineering/) _2026-02-16 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ Is your AI hallucinating? The problem isn't your prompt; it's your context. Discover why Context Engineering is the future of reliable AI and how structured data and precise retrieval can reduce errors by up to 85%. ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eAlPc2gnhM1J) _2026-02-16 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [The Disappearance of the Junior Developer: How to Start a Career in 2026](https://www.denoise.digital/the-disappearance-of-the-junior-developer-how-to-start-a-career-in-2026/) _2026-01-15 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ The "Junior Developer" role is collapsing (down 46%), but a new path is emerging. The old deal—hiring juniors to learn—is dead. To survive 2026, you must shift from "Coder" to "Architect." Here is the 12-month roadmap to get hired in the AI era. ## [Stop Saving the Day: Why Collective Responsibility Wins](https://www.denoise.digital/why-collective-responsibility-wins/) _2026-01-06 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ The best teams don't rely on heroes; they rely on each other. Discover how Collective Responsibility transforms engineering culture, turning "it works on my machine" into shared success, better stability, and the psychological safety to take risks. ## [Should we stop using AI for Software Development?](https://www.denoise.digital/should-we-stop-using-ai-for-software-development/) _2025-12-24 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ Is AI making developers faster or just worse? A CTO builds a complex platform from scratch to test the "Stability Tax," why "Vibe Coding" is dead, and how the developer’s role is shifting from bricklayer to site foreman. ## [I Used AI to Explain Gandalf to My 4-Year-Old. It Resulted in Five Realisations About Our Future.](https://www.denoise.digital/i-used-ai-to-explain-gandalf-to-my-4-year-old/) _2025-10-20 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ I used AI to rewrite The Hobbit for my 4-year-old. The experiment resulted in 5 startling realisations about our AI-driven future, touching on everything from accessibility and creativity to the very definition of humanity. ## [Echoes of Humanity: A Glimpse of a Hopeful Tomorrow](https://www.denoise.digital/echoes-of-humanity-a-glimpse-of-a-hopeful-tomorrow/) _2025-10-14 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ When my car's autopilot glitched in traffic, it became the catalyst for a story rooted in a perspective of hope. ## [AI Boom: A Second Chance at the Dot-Com Dream?](https://www.denoise.digital/ai-boom-a-second-chance-at-the-dot-com-dream/) _2024-09-23 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ The AI boom echoes the dot-com era, but AI's wider business impact sets it apart. This is an exciting time for tech professionals, offering opportunities to shape the AI-powered future. ## [Maestro: A modern, flexible, and reliable test automation solution that really does "just work"](https://www.denoise.digital/maestro-a-modern-mobile-app-test-automation-solution/) _2024-08-28 · Leon Revill · Denoise Digital: Decoding Tech Trends for Success_ Maestro offers a compelling solution to streamline your mobile testing efforts and ensure the delivery of high-quality mobile applications via open-source test automation tooling.