I’m not trying to present myself as a guru or a celebrity engineer. My background is in product and technical leadership, not in being the “hero coder.” I didn’

I’m not trying to present myself as a guru or a celebrity engineer. My background is in product and technical leadership, not in being the “hero coder.” I didn’t build an AI system — I built a real production platform where AI was one of the tools in the workflow. The article isn’t meant to be profound. It’s just a practical report from someone who pushed AI‑assisted development into a full product environment and saw where it helped and where it broke. I shared it because some of these patterns might be useful to others, and because I’m also interested in learning from people who’ve taken different approaches. If your experience is different, I’d genuinely like to compare notes — that’s the whole point of posting it here.