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Architecture health for the board, AI governance risk, when to escalate.
essay · playbook · metricsCSOsSecurity conformance, audit preparation and agent risk.
essay · playbook · metricsVPs of EngineeringSprint conformance, team-level drift and process health.
essay · playbook · metricsChief architectsLens authoring, conformance review and blocked-PR triage.
essay · playbook · metricsProduct ownersDelivery predictability and design approval timing.
essay · playbook · metricsSREsArchitectural risk, incident root cause and agent drift signals.
essay · playbook · metricsEngineersHow rkito hooks into your PRs and governs your coding agents.
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Change Intention: The Missing Primitive in Agentic EngineeringAgents generate code that compiles, passes lint, passes tests — and still quietly violates a boundary someone drew three sprints ago. The fix isn't a smarter agent. It's a missing primitive: Change Intention.
You approved the AI tools. Now own what they ship.Velocity is up. Architecture conformance is unmeasured. Accountability is diffuse. The board question is coming — and right now you don't have an answer.Your diagrams are inert. Your ADRs are unenforced.The architecture practice is not broken — it is running on the wrong infrastructure for the era. Scale advisory, enforcement, and system state awareness without adding headcount.
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releaseDesign explorations in the rkito UIreleaseClaude Code over MCP, more clients comingOpen sourceWhere Is Open Source Heading in the Agentic Era?26 Sept 2026Deep diveChange Intention: The Missing Primitive in Agentic Engineering13 Sept 2026EssayYou approved the AI tools. Now own what they ship.19 Jul 2026EssayYour security policies exist. They are not enforced.19 Jul 2026EssayAgentic code without a design gate is a liability your team will own.19 Jul 2026EssayYour diagrams are inert. Your ADRs are unenforced.19 Jul 2026EssayVelocity is up. Predictability is down. Here's why.19 Jul 2026EssayYour 3am alarm started with a silent drift.19 Jul 2026ConceptDesign ContinuityPlatformConceptArchitectural DriftPlatform
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