Hello, I'm James Newton.
I'm a software engineer at Mark OS who thinks a lot about how we build things and why. This is where I write about the craft — the tools, the trade-offs, and the quiet decisions that shape what we make.
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Navigating the New Software Development Paradigm
At Shopify we notably had an early mandate to use AI, and towards the end of my time there my adoption of AI was progressing, but was focused on AI-assisted programming: Using the Copilot…
Listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker
I’m a Startup Guy Again
After 4 years, I left Shopify in December of last year to jump back into the startup game, joining Mark OS as a Founding Engineer where we're building an AI-powered content review platform for…
Listened to Iron Gold by Pierce Brown