# eileen (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover eileen. Page: Feed: --- ## [Engineering Rigor in the AI Age: Building a Benchmark You Can Trust](http://eileencodes.com/posts/engineering-rigor-in-the-age-of-ai/) _2026-05-17 · eileen.codes_ The Rails Infrastructure team built an open-source toolkit for benchmarking Bundler performance reliably across machines. Along the way I learned that AI is great for scaffolding, but you can’t oursource the engineering rigor required to catch when numbers don’t add up. Read more on the Shopify’s Rails at Scale Blog ## [Where Identity Begins: Becoming Eileen Alayce](http://eileencodes.com/posts/where-identity-begins/) _2026-03-06 · eileen.codes_ The New Year often brings a rethinking of one’s habits, future, and identity. For me this year my future identity is more important than it ever was. Most of you don’t know that 2024 into 2025 was a deeply painful year for me. I wrote my 2024 Rails World keynote while my now ex-husband was moving out of the home we’d shared for 11 years. I put on a brave face and went to the conference. And even…