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Measure Aptitude Before You Measure Productivity

Roo Cast2026-01-12

Learn why measuring learning velocity instead of productivity during AI adoption protects your initiative through the change management dip and leads to lasting transformation.

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Over Half of Google's Production Code Is Now AI-Generated

Office Hours2026-01-12

Google reports that over 50% of production code passing review each week is AI-generated. Learn what this threshold means for engineering teams and how to adopt workflows that let AI contribute code that survives review.

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PRDs Are Becoming Artifacts of the Past

Office Hours2026-01-12

The economics of software specification have flipped. When prototypes ship faster than PRDs can be written, teams are discovering that working code is the best documentation.

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Skip Thinking Mode on Opus and Save Your Tokens

Roo Cast2026-01-12

Evidence from a month of testing shows Opus delivers identical output quality with thinking mode disabled - here's how to cut your token spend by 10-20% without losing anything.

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Manage AI Spend by Measuring Return, Not Cost

Roo Cast2025-11-14

Learn why centralizing AI tool spend and measuring output instead of cost unlocks productivity gains - insights from Smartsheet's engineering leadership approach.

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Org-Design Your AI Modes Like You Would a Team

Roo Cast2025-11-14

Engineering leaders already know how to configure AI agents - the same org design principles that work for teams apply to AI modes, orchestrators, and responsibility delegation.

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Ask the Model Why It Took So Long

Roo Cast2025-11-05

Learn how to debug slow AI coding tasks by asking reasoning models to explain their own behavior - a technique that transforms prompt iteration from guesswork to direct diagnosis.

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Stop being the human glue between PRs

Cloud Agents review code, catch issues, and suggest fixes before you open the diff. You review the results, not the process.