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Robert Ryan Jennings

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Essays on software engineering, mobile and backend security, architecture, older systems, and the occasional adjacent obsession.

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BMAD and Micrantha: Workflow Discipline on a Governed Substrate

Oct 1, 2026 12:00AM
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BMAD and Micrantha: Workflow Discipline on a Governed Substrate
BMAD and Micrantha converge on several autonomous-development mechanics, but differ in where context, identity, authority, durable state, repository truth, and evidence live.

From AI-Native SDLC to Governed Software Delivery

Oct 1, 2026 12:00AM
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2006 words
From AI-Native SDLC to Governed Software Delivery
The AI-native SDLC gets the bottleneck shift right. My own architecture pushes the idea further: generated artifacts are cheap, but trusted acceptance and authorized effects must remain explicit.