Welcome to Word on the Future!
This month, we’re looking at what happens when AI stops being a side project and starts becoming part of the day job.
From coding agents and enterprise platforms to the foundations organisations need to thrive in an AI-native world, the conversation is shifting fast. The question isn’t whether AI will change how we build and manage digital experiences. It’s how prepared we are when it does.
If you’re trying to separate genuine transformation from shiny new tooling, you’re in the right place.
Let’s go!
What’s inside this issue 📚
- The Enterprise WordPress Playbook 📖 New guide alert! Everything enterprise teams wish they’d known before things got complicated.
- Why AI is exposing weaknesses in enterprise platforms 🏗️ AI isn’t breaking your platform. It’s revealing the shortcuts you forgot were there.
- How to code with AI agents 🤖 AI can write code. Getting it to write the right code is where things get interesting.
- Claude Code isn’t the only game in town 🛠️ The coding agent gold rush is on. Here’s who’s competing for your attention.
- Awards spotlight: Technical Wizardry ✨ Celebrating the engineer who somehow makes impossible challenges look routine.
New guide! The Enterprise WordPress Playbook 📖
Running WordPress at enterprise scale is easy…
Said nobody who’s ever had to do it 🫠
From governance and security to scalability and stakeholder management, enterprise WordPress comes with a unique set of challenges that don’t appear in the brochure.
Our Enterprise WordPress Playbook brings together practical guidance for organisations navigating complex digital ecosystems, helping teams build platforms that can evolve alongside changing business needs.
Think of it as the handbook we wish every enterprise team started with.
Why AI is exposing weaknesses in enterprise platforms 🏗️
AI has become the world’s most expensive way to discover your content model is a mess.
As organisations rush to adopt AI, many are finding that the real challenge isn’t the technology itself – it’s the years of accumulated platform complexity hiding underneath.
We’re exploring why AI is acting like an architectural stress test for enterprise platforms, and what digital leaders can do before the cracks become impossible to ignore.
Because technical debt always finds a way to introduce itself eventually 😬
How to code with AI agents 🤖
We’ve officially entered the era where your newest teammate might not be human.
AI coding agents are becoming increasingly capable, but the teams getting the best results aren’t treating them like magic. They’re building workflows, guardrails, and processes that help agents do useful work without creating chaos in the process.
This practical piece from HM Senior Engineer Ivan Kristianto explores how experienced engineers are working with AI day-to-day, from specification-driven development and parallel workflows to quality controls that keep projects moving in the right direction.
Turns out “vibe coding” isn’t much of a strategy after all 😉
Claude Code isn’t the only game in town 🛠️
Remember when every AI coding conversation was about one tool?
Those days lasted about five minutes.
The coding agent ecosystem is evolving at breakneck speed, with new entrants, new approaches, and plenty of competing claims about who’s building the future of software development.
HM Senior Engineer Tom Nowell is explores the leading alternatives, what they’re good at, and where they fit into modern engineering workflows.
Because keeping up with AI tooling is rapidly becoming a full-time hobby 🥵
Awards spotlight: Technical Wizardry ✨
Every organisation has that person.
The one who quietly solves the problem everyone else thought was impossible. The one who somehow untangles the technical knot that’s been causing headaches for months. The one who makes the difficult stuff look suspiciously easy.
In this Human Made Awards spotlight, we’re celebrating Technical Wizardry and the engineer whose expertise, creativity, and persistence help turn ambitious ideas into reality.
Because every great platform has a few magicians working behind the curtain 🪄
