Every change to my code goes through the same gates, including Claude's

Plan, review and verify gates on every change, enforced by hooks and applied to Claude the same as to me.

Marc Allington·31 Oct 2026·8 min

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Are you looking to 10x yourself as a full stack coder?

It’s easier now than it’s ever been.

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Your website should be found by people and AI. This one is built for both.

Most small business websites send no signals to AI answer engines. This one serves both audiences from launch.

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Local clients, trusted suppliers and warm referrals, within twenty miles of Colchester. No ads, no algorithm, no noise.

Marc Allington·08 Jun 2026·7 min

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One dashboard tells me which Claude Code window needs me next

A local dashboard that watches every change and every Claude Code conversation across my projects, and puts whatever is waiting on me at the top.

Marc Allington·03 Nov 2026·8 min

How I work on several changes at once without them getting tangled

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They say practice makes perfect. In 2026, AI + Process + Habits make perfect.

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Marc Allington

So far in my career I've built business software for retail banks, government departments, the NHS, law firms and SMEs, with some telecoms and pharma work too. I've been a team lead, a software architect and a design authority. These days I'm building formal agentic development methods that suit both small and enterprise development teams. I'm drawing on best practice from several technical fields and from psychology, so the methods keep people creative and motivated, and speed up delivery without compromising on quality. The part I care most about is the people using them. If a developer's job shrinks to approving whatever the agent writes, they stop paying attention, and that's when mistakes get through. So the decisions that need judgement stay with the person, and the agent writes the code. I'm researching and building the tools and methods that development teams can use to deliver their business systems better. The field moves quickly, with new models and tools arriving every few months. Part of the work is the money side, what it costs a business to adopt and run, and part is making sure a team isn't stuck when the tool they picked falls behind. Business systems often run for ten years or more, so the methods need to outlast whichever tools are popular this year.