Post

I’ve been building my own software factory over the past year. It again changed the way how I do software engineering fundamentally - similar delta compared to coding by hand vs using agents. I’m thinking of writing a blog post about it. What are your biggest questions?

Symon Baikov

@symonbaikov.bsky.social

20 June

Biggest question: where does orchestration stop and product judgment start? A software factory can automate PRs, tests, deploy triage, etc., but the hard part is deciding what not to build.

Johannes Schickling

@schickling.dev

Excellent point. That's exactly why I separate the intent layer from the implementation layer. I'm spending most of my time in the intent layer and trying to automate everything else.

20/6/26, 10:58 am0 reposts2 likes

Symon Baikov

@symonbaikov.bsky.social

20 June

That separation is underrated. Intent layers should stay small, inspectable, and versioned; implementation can churn underneath. Otherwise automation slowly turns product judgment into invisible glue code.