Integral Engineering BlogCuriosity fueled, frustration motivated, and human generated posts on building Integral.https://engineering.integral.de/Research, Plan, Implement: Our Agent-Driven Development Cyclehttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/sdlc2-research-plan-implement-cycle/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/sdlc2-research-plan-implement-cycle/Part of SDLC2: the problem with planning in the dark, the cycle we run instead, and how it looks in our backend, with the artifact chain that makes it stick.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAgents as Code: the abstraction layer has moved on, did you?https://engineering.integral.de/posts/sdlc2-agents-as-code/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/sdlc2-agents-as-code/Part of SDLC2: one repo for our agent commands and skills, changes via PR, and the unexpected joy of writing them in plain English together.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSDLC2: How We're Changing How We Build Productshttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/sdlc2-sdlc2/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/sdlc2-sdlc2/At Integral we're changing how we build products, software and beyond. This is where we document our experience, our simple approach, and our wins.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to Love Lovable: Building Production-Ready Infrastructure Around AI Code Generatorshttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/jantro/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/jantro/How we built Jantro, a Firebase-hosted wrapper that gives Lovable apps production-grade auth, access control, and deployment without sacrificing speed.Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTJust Makes AI Smarter: Stop Reinventing Commands Every Timehttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/just-makes-ai-smarter/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/just-makes-ai-smarter/Your command runner is a project interface. Make it readable for AI tools and watch them stop improvising your build process.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe Captain Role: Driving Features Forward Without Becoming a Bottleneckhttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/how-we-work-captain-role/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/how-we-work-captain-role/How one person takes ownership of feature delivery without turning into a micromanager or single point of failure.Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTGuardian Role: Protecting Focus in a World of Interruptionshttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/how-we-work-guardian-role/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/how-we-work-guardian-role/The rotating role that shields your team from interruptions so they can actually build things instead of constantly context-switching.Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTWeekly Cycles: Rhythm Without Ritualshttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/how-we-work-weekly-cycles/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/how-we-work-weekly-cycles/How we structure weeks to balance planning, building, and shipping without daily standups or agile theater.Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTHow We Work: Building the Engineering Team of the Futurehttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/future-of-engineering/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/future-of-engineering/Welcome to our engineering blog. Here's our philosophy on building small, senior teams that ship fast without bureaucracy.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTPlan First: Why Human Planning Still Matters in the AI Agehttps://engineering.integral.de/posts/sane-chopping-plan-first/https://engineering.integral.de/posts/sane-chopping-plan-first/Detailed planning isn't overhead when AI is writing code; it's the difference between useful output and expensive garbage.Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT