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I Didn't Know How Much I'd Handed Over to AI
The drift from skeptical user to autopilot, and the discipline I built to fight it.
May 5
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Juan Cruz Martinez
April 2026
The Appearance of Safety Is Not Safety
A Cursor agent deleted PocketOS's production database in nine seconds. The data came back. The structural problem didn't.
Apr 28
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Juan Cruz Martinez
Tokenmaxxing Is The Dumbest Metric In Tech Right Now
Counting tokens is the new lines-of-code, and engineering leadership keeps falling for it.
Apr 26
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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Staying Technical as a Tech Manager: A Practical Guide
What I've learned about staying connected to code when the role keeps pulling me away.
Apr 21
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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The Fear Is Justified, I Just Keep Building
The conversation about AI is split between panic and policy. Most of us just want to work and get things done.
Apr 14
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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Everything I Learned About Productivity Disagrees With How AI Wants Me to Work
I built my productivity system over fifteen years. AI stressed it in six months.
Apr 7
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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March 2026
AI Gave Everyone a Multiplier. Most Used It to Subtract.
I've worked inside the "do the same for less" machine and inside a culture that lets a small team build what used to require departments. AI is forcing…
Mar 31
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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The Case for Becoming a Manager
I read an article recently arguing that senior engineers shouldn't become managers. Observations are mostly right. The conclusion is still wrong. I made…
Mar 24
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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I Think a New Role Is Emerging in Tech
It doesn't have a name yet, but it's already reshaping how teams build software.
Mar 17
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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The Talent Pipeline Is Collapsing. Your Team Will Feel It Next.
The short-term math of not hiring juniors makes perfect sense, until you realize what it costs your seniors, your culture, and your future.
Mar 10
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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I Have 30 Years of Career Left. AI Made Me Rethink All of Them.
On judgment, hype, the joy of still building things, and learning to prepare for a future nobody can predict.
Mar 7
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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The Quiet Surrender to AI
We imagined machines would have to overpower us. We didn't imagine we'd just let go.
Mar 4
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Juan Cruz Martinez
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