<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Writing on Nguyen Hoang — AI Solutions Architect</title><link>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/</link><description>Recent content in Writing on Nguyen Hoang — AI Solutions Architect</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-US</language><managingEditor>hoangtrankhoinguyen@gmail.com (Nguyen Hoang)</managingEditor><webMaster>hoangtrankhoinguyen@gmail.com (Nguyen Hoang)</webMaster><copyright>© 2026 Nguyen Hoang</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://htknguyen.dev/posts/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Estimating Work Nobody Has Estimated Before</title><link>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/estimating-work-nobody-has-estimated-before/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hoangtrankhoinguyen@gmail.com (Nguyen Hoang)</author><guid>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/estimating-work-nobody-has-estimated-before/</guid><description>Bottom-up estimation assumes you can enumerate the tasks. AI projects break that assumption. How I price the loop instead of the line — and what belongs on page 23.</description></item><item><title>The Tragedy of a Software Outsourcing Company (2026 Edition)</title><link>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/the-tragedy-of-a-software-outsourcing-company/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hoangtrankhoinguyen@gmail.com (Nguyen Hoang)</author><guid>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/the-tragedy-of-a-software-outsourcing-company/</guid><description>A fictional nine-month project, from the Friday-night POC to the conditional acceptance nobody wanted. Everyone hits their KPI. Nobody measures what happens after signature.</description></item><item><title>Not Every Problem Needs an LLM</title><link>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/why-not-every-problem-needs-an-llm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hoangtrankhoinguyen@gmail.com (Nguyen Hoang)</author><guid>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/why-not-every-problem-needs-an-llm/</guid><description>Notes on talking clients out of AI, and why deterministic logic still wins in regulated domains.</description></item><item><title>The 10x Was Real. It Lasted One Month.</title><link>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/the-10x-was-real-it-lasted-one-month/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hoangtrankhoinguyen@gmail.com (Nguyen Hoang)</author><guid>https://htknguyen.dev/posts/the-10x-was-real-it-lasted-one-month/</guid><description>374 commits, 142 days, one developer, two app stores. What the git log actually says about AI-assisted development, once I stopped counting commits.</description></item></channel></rss>