AI Is Not Your Architect
By Michael Marquez · First Edition · 2026 · Crumby Labs Press
A field guide for developers who already know how to build software and want to keep building it well now that AI can generate code faster than any person ever could. Ten chapters on abstraction, architecture, and discipline for AI-assisted engineering, plus a companion repository with a complete working application.
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Bitcrumb Whitepaper · 2026
A decentralized identity, consensus, and trust network built on self-hosted nodes, signed proofs, and an append-only ledger.
Tapin Wallet Whitepaper · 2026
A self-sovereign mobile wallet for decentralized identity, digital assets, and peer-to-peer trust.
More technical writing and future papers from Crumby Labs Press are on the way.
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AI August 12, 2026Prototypes Lie About How Hard the Real Thing Will Be
A demo that works once tells you almost nothing about a system that has to work every time.
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Engineering August 10, 2026Tests Are Documentation That Runs
A comment can go stale the moment it is written. A test fails the moment it does.
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XRPL August 9, 2026What I Learned Building on the XRP Ledger
Writing a transaction codec by hand teaches you things a library quietly hides from you.
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Engineering August 8, 2026The Cost of a Clever One-Liner
Clever code asks every future reader to solve a small puzzle before they can trust it.
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