https://blog.rondeaur.dev/#newsletter Newsletter articles in the Tech Series series. en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:56:29 +0000 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-ai-first-approach-what-you-dont-know-yet-its-costing-rondeau-yslxc/ newsletter-0--6534563913124727405 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Static prompt engineering courses teach templates that decay at the speed of model updates. To recover wasted engineering hours, teams must shift from manual prompting to the interactive Meta-Coach workflow: instructing the AI to interview the user, draft the prompt, and test the output in a self-correcting feedback loop. (Tags: AI, Meta-Coach, Prompt Engineering, Developer Productivity) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-ibm-era-ai-ross-rondeau-msist-emba--iyzuc/ newsletter-1-8456892296367212479 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Explores the shift from traditional enterprise platforms (mainframe, COBOL, RPG) to AI-native architectures, and what it means for organizations that have built decades of systems on IBM infrastructure. Examines the hidden cost of delayed modernization and the strategic risk of treating legacy systems as permanent rather than as debt with compounding interest. (Tags: Legacy Modernization, Mainframe, Technical Debt, Enterprise Architecture) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-agentic-escalation-gap-ross-rondeau-ysvyc/ newsletter-19-8876818763243836484 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Deploying AI agents into a single chat window without governance creates silent operational risks. Beyond raw hallucination rates, organizations lack the escalation pathways that human teams rely on daily. Proposes a four-tier AI escalation framework spanning chat, structured workflows, human review gates, and audit logs to safeguard decision quality. (Tags: Agentic AI, AI Governance, Escalation Protocol, Risk Management) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-ai-prompting-practice-ross-rondeau-msist-emba--g9mhe/ newsletter-20--1659879326179482959 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Most professionals use AI like a search engine and get average results by design - AI starts from everything and narrows to your input, so vague prompts produce vague outputs. Fix: a six-part prompt framework (Persona, Task, Context, References, Evaluate, Iterate), a Guess-and-Check workflow that uses AI to fix its own prompt, and building a reusable AI Prompt Library as compound interest on expertise. Covers Chain of Thought, Tree of Thought, and few-shot prompting patterns. (Tags: Prompt Frameworks, Chain of Thought, Prompt Library, AI Engineering) https://blog.rondeaur.dev/#newsletter newsletter-24--1838945360265289531 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Eliminating human verification loops to achieve instant execution can turn minor anomalies into systemic enterprise failures. Examines real-world algorithmic collapses and unmonitored agent risks. Proposes rate-limiting circuit breakers, tiered escalation gates, and mandatory review windows to balance autonomous speed with rigorous risk governance. (Tags: Autonomous Execution, Decision Velocity, Circuit Breakers, Risk Governance, AI Safety) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-ai-productivity-dividend-ross-rondeau-kfwfc newsletter-25-2556197187393212817 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Every AI initiative claims hours saved, yet few organizations can trace where those hours go. Time savings are easily absorbed by adjacent backlogs or administrative overhead rather than strategic work. Distinguishes efficiency, productivity, and capability gains, offering an operational framework to redirect reclaimed engineering time into compounding organizational capabilities. (Tags: AI ROI, Productivity Accounting, MOE vs MOP, FinOps, Capability Gains) https://blog.rondeaur.dev/#newsletter newsletter-26--1838945360265289531 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:56:29 +0000 Tech Series Technical debt represents an intangible financial liability that slows delivery and inflates technology budgets by 10 to 20 percent. Because it rarely appears on corporate ledgers, remediation requests often lose funding to new features. Introduces a structured ledger schema that quantifies debt principal, interest impact, and ownership in terms executive leadership understands. (Tags: Technical Debt, Financial Engineering, Balance Sheet, CFO Collaboration, Enterprise Architecture)