The Lucky Dreamer Blog

Transmissions from the lab

The latest AI news, curated battle-tested thoughts from real product work, notes from games development, and company announcements — written by the founder, published when there's something worth saying.

Games

Five games. Five new worlds.

Dedicated websites are now live for five upcoming original games, each with its own identity, mechanics, and world.

GamesStudio News Meet the games →
Announcement

More to come

The blog is open. Posts on AI development, product development, games, and studio news are on the way.

Studio News Read the post →
Engineering

WIP limits for humans and AI

Finishing more with better quality means limiting work in progress across the whole human-and-agent system.

AIEngineeringLeadership Read the article →
Design Systems

Can design.md be the design system?

A portable, versioned instruction layer can help AI coding agents produce interfaces that belong to the same product.

AIDesign SystemsEngineering Read the article →
Agentic AI

The real gold rush in agentic AI

The most valuable discoveries are often tiny workflow nuggets found in real work, then written down so they compound.

AIAgentic AIDevelopment Workflow Read the article →
Product Development

The rise of the AI-native Product Engineer

Strong engineering fundamentals, product sense, and AI-native workflows are converging into a powerful hybrid role.

AIProduct DevelopmentEngineering Read the article →
Product Development

Judgment matters more than ever

Moving fast only matters when the product is moving in the right direction.

AIProduct DevelopmentProduct Strategy Read the article →
Engineering

Vibe coding: human-led, AI-accelerated

Professional software engineering can use AI for speed without surrendering human direction and responsibility.

AIEngineeringDevelopment Workflow Read the article →
Agentic AI

AI Ledger: Git-native governance for agentic AI

An append-only standard for declaring intent, keeping scope explicit, and recording what AI agents actually changed.

AIAgentic AIOpen Source Read the article →