Kimsia

Every architecture, no matter what it is, partitions possible changes into three categories: local, nonlocal, and architectural.

• A local change can be accomplished by modifying a single element—for example, adding a new business rule to a pricing logic module.


• A nonlocal change requires multiple element modifications but leaves the underlying

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In 2024, something shifted: AI-native apps started taking off. And we realized that our architecture was uniquely well-suited to power them. We leaned into agent-focused development, and within a few months, over 80% of databases were being created by AI agents rather than humans.

Coding with AI takes (and enables) more discipline.

I need more tests, more checks and constraints. This takes more scaffolding, which is now fast to create.

More “how will I know this works?” and less “how will I implement this?”

I need to learn how to influence the AI, and channel frustration into guidance.

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The benefits of incremental development include a reduction of the potential risk in the project. If the architecture is for a family of related systems, the infrastructure can be reused across the family, lowering the per-system cost of each.