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AI-Assisted Development

AI-Assisted Development for production systems: repeatable workflows, security boundaries, performance defaults, and a publishing pipeline.

Understanding AI Code Assistants: Beyond the Hype

Part 1 · Jan 9, 2026 · 15 min read

What AI code assistants do well, where they fail, and how to use them safely in production software development.

  • AI
  • Developer Tools
  • Productivity

A Spec-Driven AI Workflow That Holds Up in Production

Part 2 · Jan 9, 2026 · 13 min read

A disciplined Plan -> Implement -> Checkpoint loop that keeps AI-assisted development reliable once context resets become routine.

  • AI
  • Developer Tools
  • Productivity
  • ASP.NET Core

Security Boundaries for AI-Assisted Development in ASP.NET Core

Part 3 · Jan 9, 2026 · 12 min read

A practical threat model for AI-generated diffs, with concrete guardrails from a real ASP.NET Core content site.

  • AI
  • ASP.NET Core
  • Security

Performance Defaults That Beat Clever Optimizations

Part 4 · Jan 9, 2026 · 12 min read

The boring baseline that makes content sites fast: OutputCache policies, EF Core query shaping, compression, and stable indexing.

  • AI
  • ASP.NET Core
  • Performance
  • EF Core

From Markdown to Live: A Publishing Pipeline Without a CMS

Part 5 · Jan 9, 2026 · 14 min read

How DAP iQ turns markdown into published pages with predictable SEO output: frontmatter, upserts, feeds, sitemaps, and local validation.

  • AI
  • Developer Tools
  • ASP.NET Core
  • SEO

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