Ryan Fitzpatrick is a systems architect and full stack developer with 17 years of experience building client/server systems for enterprise and consumer software. Currently researching AI-assisted development workflows. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/ en Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 240 Chatbots move the user out of the workflow. Squire moves the model into the workflow: a local awareness layer that understands the app, reads its structures, and prepares the next useful thing. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/squire-local-ai-sandbox/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/squire-local-ai-sandbox/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research AI-assisted game development is no longer just autocomplete. This guide shows what LLMs can realistically add to a game dev workflow today, from design docs and gameplay code to assets, debugging, performance, and multi-agent workflows. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/llm-assisted-game-development-workflow/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/llm-assisted-game-development-workflow/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research The best AI for coding depends on the job: daily usage volume, top-end intelligence, or wide multi-file problem solving. This ranks the current stack by those three dimensions. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/best-ai-for-coding-2026/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/best-ai-for-coding-2026/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research Prompt-and-pray feels productive because the model moves fast. A better workflow keeps the human in charge of taste, context, review, and runtime behavior. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/beyond-prompt-and-pray/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/beyond-prompt-and-pray/ Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research Deshitification is not anti-business. It is anti-extraction: software should fit the user, respect their data, and make leaving as easy as arriving. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/deshitification-software/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/deshitification-software/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Software Culture A field note on how speed and accessibility are eroding software moats in 3D, tooling, and beyond. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/illusion-of-moats/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/illusion-of-moats/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research An interactive star map for tracking which software categories are becoming easier to produce with LLMs, and which still hold value through judgment, context, and expertise. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/llm-value-black-hole/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/llm-value-black-hole/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research A practical look at coding harnesses, company harnesses, agent orchestration, and why the useful near-term shape is a hybrid operating layer for humans. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/operating-harnesses/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/operating-harnesses/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research The asset pipeline behind Mouse Trouble: meshopt compression, texture atlases, streaming GLBs, audio optimization, and browser-first Three.js performance. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/mouse-trouble/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/mouse-trouble/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Projects Cursor's AI game jam is a useful pressure test for agentic development, architecture decisions, and what happens when generated code has to become a playable product. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/vibe-jam-2026/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/vibe-jam-2026/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research A field report from years of testing ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, aider, local models, and coding agents against real software projects. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/three-years-of-ai/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/three-years-of-ai/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Research A starting point for writing about systems architecture, full stack software, and where AI assisted development helps or creates risk. https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/introduction/ https://ryanfitzpatrick.io/blog/introduction/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Architecture Notes