Pathmode Blog | The Builder's Log https://pathmode.io Design operations, engineering culture, and the future of building products. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:20:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Feed for Node.js en Pathmode Blog | The Builder's Log https://pathmode.io/images/pathmode-icon-v2.png https://pathmode.io All rights reserved 2026, Pathmode Inc. <![CDATA[The Next Product Discipline Isn't Context Engineering. It's Intent Engineering.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-engineering-vs-context-engineering https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-engineering-vs-context-engineering Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Anthropic's Agentic Coding Report Confirms It: Orchestration Without Intent Is Just Expensive Guessing]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/orchestration-era-needs-intent https://pathmode.io/blog/orchestration-era-needs-intent Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Backlog Is Dead. 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The Name Will Kill the Solution.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/yc-got-it-wrong https://pathmode.io/blog/yc-got-it-wrong Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Why Your AI Prompts Fail: The Missing Layer Between Intent and Output]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/why-your-ai-prompts-fail https://pathmode.io/blog/why-your-ai-prompts-fail Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Direct Design Needs an Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/direct-design-needs-intent https://pathmode.io/blog/direct-design-needs-intent Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[We Asked Gemini to Compare Journey Tools. It Called Us a Gen 3 Disruptor.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/gemini-on-journey-tools-2026 https://pathmode.io/blog/gemini-on-journey-tools-2026 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Journey Management Lost. Journey Context Won.]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/journey-management-is-dead https://pathmode.io/blog/journey-management-is-dead Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Why Jira Tickets Fail AI Agents]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/why-jira-tickets-fail-ai-agents https://pathmode.io/blog/why-jira-tickets-fail-ai-agents Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Sparse Bits Between]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-sparse-bits-between https://pathmode.io/blog/the-sparse-bits-between Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Pathmode Team) <![CDATA[AI Agents Don't Close the Gap]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/agents-dont-close-the-gap https://pathmode.io/blog/agents-dont-close-the-gap Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Pathmode Team) <![CDATA[The Double Diamond is Cracking]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-double-diamond-is-cracking https://pathmode.io/blog/the-double-diamond-is-cracking Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Future is Journey Execution, not Journey Management]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/journey-execution https://pathmode.io/blog/journey-execution Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[AI-Native Teams Need an Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/ai-native-teams-need-intent https://pathmode.io/blog/ai-native-teams-need-intent Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[From Journey Maps to Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/from-journey-maps-to-intent-layer https://pathmode.io/blog/from-journey-maps-to-intent-layer Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Vibe Coding Hangover]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/the-vibe-coding-hangover https://pathmode.io/blog/the-vibe-coding-hangover Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-layer https://pathmode.io/blog/intent-layer Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Why We Built the Intent Layer]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/why-we-built-the-intent-layer https://pathmode.io/blog/why-we-built-the-intent-layer Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Your Best Work is Stuck in a PDF]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/legacy-cx-modernization https://pathmode.io/blog/legacy-cx-modernization Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Design is More Than Code—But Where Do You Design the Problem?]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/design-is-more-than-code https://pathmode.io/blog/design-is-more-than-code Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Your Title is a Lens, Not a Lane]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/title-is-a-lens https://pathmode.io/blog/title-is-a-lens Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Spec is Becoming the Product]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/spec-is-the-product https://pathmode.io/blog/spec-is-the-product Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Disappearing Middle of Software Work]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/disappearing-middle https://pathmode.io/blog/disappearing-middle Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[Your Journey Map Is Lying to You]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/closed-loop-journey-map https://pathmode.io/blog/closed-loop-journey-map Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi) <![CDATA[The Case Against Research Repositories]]> https://pathmode.io/blog/execution-over-management https://pathmode.io/blog/execution-over-management Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@pathmode.io (Janne Lammi)