After 1,500+ commits of AI-paired development, my workflow has narrowed to three tools with distinct roles. Here's what stuck, what didn't, and a real example of GPT catching a security bug in a PR.

How I identified a gap in the Model Context Protocol Python SDK, implemented a fix, navigated CI failures, and got a PR ready for review — all in a single day of AI-paired development.

How a simple research-to-blog pipeline accidentally became an intensive exercise in process engineering, resulting in a self-improving system that emerged from solving immediate problems.