Chris Bee
@chrisbeecto.bsky.social
Building devplan.com. Former CTO. ex-Zillow/Uber/Amazon. Dad. Dreamer.
The best engineers don’t just build features.
They define them.
They define them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The best engineers don’t just build features.
They define them.
They define them.
The next big companies won’t be led by programmers.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The next big companies won’t be led by programmers.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
It’ll be led by people who know a market inside out and can get five pilots running in a week.
Distribution is king and queen of this new AI world.
Engineers aren't going anywhere.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Engineers aren't going anywhere.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
AI coding gets you 80% of the way there, super fast. But the last 20% is where judgement lives: structure, architecture, and design that scales.
If your only moat is speed, you aren't building something durable.
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If your only moat is speed, you aren't building something durable.
Vibe coding has mostly replaced no-code tools.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Vibe coding has mostly replaced no-code tools.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
The next question: does it replace the rest of software engineering?
If you read X, you’d think yes.
If you’ve actually shipped software, you know better.
Use AI as much as you want, but you own whatever it creates. You are the author, AI is the assistant.
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Use AI as much as you want, but you own whatever it creates. You are the author, AI is the assistant.
If you’re entire job is sending emails and going to meetings you are ngmi.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you’re entire job is sending emails and going to meetings you are ngmi.
Everyone’s chasing the next breakthrough in AI capabilities.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Everyone’s chasing the next breakthrough in AI capabilities.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
But that’s not where the moat is.
Every builder has access to the same models, same APIs, same speed of improvement.
What they don’t all have is distribution.
AI reflects your input. Feed it vague input, and expect refined chaos in return. Let's focus on clearer thinking, not better models.
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
AI reflects your input. Feed it vague input, and expect refined chaos in return. Let's focus on clearer thinking, not better models.
Let's normalize finding time for family and hobbies and still being a startup founder. Life is for living.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Let's normalize finding time for family and hobbies and still being a startup founder. Life is for living.
When using an AI tool, people will generally wait up to 5 seconds for results without switching to another task. Anything longer belongs in the background. Respect the difference and present your UX accordingly. #buildinpublic
October 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
When using an AI tool, people will generally wait up to 5 seconds for results without switching to another task. Anything longer belongs in the background. Respect the difference and present your UX accordingly. #buildinpublic
Foundational models will handle 80% of the work. The last 20%, the domain-specific specialization, is where trust and defensibility live. That’s where startups win.
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Foundational models will handle 80% of the work. The last 20%, the domain-specific specialization, is where trust and defensibility live. That’s where startups win.
AI isn’t here to take your job. It’s here to free you from trading hours for dollars. Abundance is possible, if you’re willing to lean in.
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
AI isn’t here to take your job. It’s here to free you from trading hours for dollars. Abundance is possible, if you’re willing to lean in.
Forward deployed engineers aren’t just the future, they’re already here.
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
Devplan
Next generation product development planning.
www.devplan.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Forward deployed engineers aren’t just the future, they’re already here.
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
devplan.com gives modern engineers the context, clarity, and structured prompts to go from business intent to working code without the game of telephone. #buildinpublic
I think forward deployed engineers are going to be more and more common.
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I think forward deployed engineers are going to be more and more common.
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
Not because they are better developers, but because they collapse the gap between what customers need and what gets built.
Context + ownership > tickets + handoffs.
#softwaredevelopment
Day 1: I'll just use ChatGPT for this PRD.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Day 1: I'll just use ChatGPT for this PRD.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
Day 47: Playing document detective across Notion, Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday, Slack, and Email, wondering what decisions were made and which version actually shipped.
ChatGPT is great for quick PRDs & brainstorming
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Devplan
Next generation product development planning.
www.devplan.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ChatGPT is great for quick PRDs & brainstorming
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Until chaos hits.
❌ Inconsistent docs
❌ Missing context
❌ Scattered copy/paste output
We're building devplan.com to give specs the structure + speed + context needed for today's AI workflows.
Foundational models get you 80% of the way, but the last 20% is where accuracy and usefulness actually lives and that comes from context and specialization.
October 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Foundational models get you 80% of the way, but the last 20% is where accuracy and usefulness actually lives and that comes from context and specialization.
Why open ecosystems will win in the AI era:
- Agents need to talk to each other across platforms.
- Federated APIs = secure data sharing.
- Metadata standards = easy coordination.
- Protocols like MCP/A2A = common language.
The customer benefit: a single view of knowledge, not 10 partial ones.
- Agents need to talk to each other across platforms.
- Federated APIs = secure data sharing.
- Metadata standards = easy coordination.
- Protocols like MCP/A2A = common language.
The customer benefit: a single view of knowledge, not 10 partial ones.
October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why open ecosystems will win in the AI era:
- Agents need to talk to each other across platforms.
- Federated APIs = secure data sharing.
- Metadata standards = easy coordination.
- Protocols like MCP/A2A = common language.
The customer benefit: a single view of knowledge, not 10 partial ones.
- Agents need to talk to each other across platforms.
- Federated APIs = secure data sharing.
- Metadata standards = easy coordination.
- Protocols like MCP/A2A = common language.
The customer benefit: a single view of knowledge, not 10 partial ones.
AI is moving faster than anyone can keep up.
Yesterday at the IA Summit (thanks to Madrona for the invite!), I got to hear from top leaders at OpenAI, Atlassian, Amazon, Salesforce and more, and the message was clear: the rules of building are changing. Here were my takeaways:
Yesterday at the IA Summit (thanks to Madrona for the invite!), I got to hear from top leaders at OpenAI, Atlassian, Amazon, Salesforce and more, and the message was clear: the rules of building are changing. Here were my takeaways:
October 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
AI is moving faster than anyone can keep up.
Yesterday at the IA Summit (thanks to Madrona for the invite!), I got to hear from top leaders at OpenAI, Atlassian, Amazon, Salesforce and more, and the message was clear: the rules of building are changing. Here were my takeaways:
Yesterday at the IA Summit (thanks to Madrona for the invite!), I got to hear from top leaders at OpenAI, Atlassian, Amazon, Salesforce and more, and the message was clear: the rules of building are changing. Here were my takeaways:
Too many hype posts make it sound like there’s a single AI trick that’ll unlock perfect code.
There isn’t.
Stacking MCP servers, spinning up a dozen sub-agents, or obsessing over the “perfect” rules file won’t fix vague instructions or shallow thinking.
There isn’t.
Stacking MCP servers, spinning up a dozen sub-agents, or obsessing over the “perfect” rules file won’t fix vague instructions or shallow thinking.
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Too many hype posts make it sound like there’s a single AI trick that’ll unlock perfect code.
There isn’t.
Stacking MCP servers, spinning up a dozen sub-agents, or obsessing over the “perfect” rules file won’t fix vague instructions or shallow thinking.
There isn’t.
Stacking MCP servers, spinning up a dozen sub-agents, or obsessing over the “perfect” rules file won’t fix vague instructions or shallow thinking.
AI coding tools only work as well as the context you give them.
Right now, too much of that context lives in silos. PRDs in one place, tech design in another, and private AI threads on someone’s laptop.
Right now, too much of that context lives in silos. PRDs in one place, tech design in another, and private AI threads on someone’s laptop.
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
AI coding tools only work as well as the context you give them.
Right now, too much of that context lives in silos. PRDs in one place, tech design in another, and private AI threads on someone’s laptop.
Right now, too much of that context lives in silos. PRDs in one place, tech design in another, and private AI threads on someone’s laptop.
The pain of driving execution was always churn. Every meeting that resulted in requirements or scope change meant rework. Now with AI, we can easily treat requirements like code that is living, versioned, and always up to date.
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The pain of driving execution was always churn. Every meeting that resulted in requirements or scope change meant rework. Now with AI, we can easily treat requirements like code that is living, versioned, and always up to date.
Yesterday we went from a customer's Slack feedback to a working fix running locally in 15 minutes. Here is how:
September 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Yesterday we went from a customer's Slack feedback to a working fix running locally in 15 minutes. Here is how:
When I first led multiple teams, I tried to manage everything at the same level with one list or priorities. It doesn't work.
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When I first led multiple teams, I tried to manage everything at the same level with one list or priorities. It doesn't work.