DevOps Didn’t Replace SDLC. Neither Will AI.

PR merge count doubled — and so did production rollbacks. After adopting AI tools, one team watched weekly merges climb from 32 to 71, while monthly rollbacks jumped from 2 to 5. Every rolled-back PR had passed CI. AI accelerated the coding part, but the feedback net of review and testing didn’t become denser to match. This post breaks down the three-layer architecture of SDLC, DevOps, and CI/CD, and looks at which layer AI should be placed in.

Design System Scaling: A Three-Layer Strategy for Presets, Constraints, and Components

When a Design System grows from 10 components to 100, maintenance boundaries start to blur. This article explores how a three-layer strategy of Presets, Constraints, and Components can improve development efficiency while effectively addressing the maintenance challenges that come with scaling.