Wrote up my approach recently in a blog post:

- https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2026/05/ai-thoughts-part-2...

TLDR:

OpenCode + CodeNomad web UI, Opus 4.6, bunch of customized plugins and some codebase indexing MCPs, a separate `dev-plans` repo for generated project docs and artifacts, and a personal workflow where I stay very hands-on directing the work.

also I wrote a lengthy post detailing my emotional and mental journey from "I will _never_ use AI to write code" to actively using it, as well as my opinions on where we stand now and whether this is actually any good or not:

- https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2026/05/ai-thoughts-part-1...