01/01/2026 · Architecture Notes
Introduction
Who I am, what 17 years of building enterprise and consumer software taught me, and why I started writing about AI assisted development.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick // Systems Architecture
Build. Research. Ship.
17 years of full stack systems architecture.
Enterprise and consumer software, client/server systems, and honest research into where AI assisted development actually works.
Blog // Notes and Research
Writing
04/12/2026 · AI Research
Vibe Jam 2026
Cursor's game jam requires 90% AI written code. That constraint makes it a useful benchmark for what agentic development can and can't do right now.
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Three years of AI assisted development: what I actually learned
A timeline of experimenting with AI tools from ChatGPT through agent maxxing. What worked, what was overhyped, and how my thinking changed along the way.
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17 years of systems architecture. If you're working on something that needs to hold up, I'm interested in talking about it.