21 essays
All analysis.
Written by Himanshu Saxena, an engineering leader and TEDx speaker, and published on Substack and LinkedIn. Recurring themes: AI Governance, AI, Agents, Security, Cost, Leadership.
01AI GovernanceAnthropic and OpenAI Say They'll Embed Independent AI Safety Evaluators — Can They Actually Stay Independent?Diary of a CTO02AIWhen Software Starts Exercising Engineering JudgmentLinkedIn03AgentsMy agents don't know the other agents exist. That's the part that should scare you.Substack04SecurityClaude Breached Three Real Companies. Days Later, It Wiped a Database Too.Substack05SecurityOpenAI Just Proved Why AI Agents Need a Kill SwitchSubstack06CostWhy AI Agent Token Costs Are So Hard to ControlLinkedIn07CostYour token bill is not an AI problem. It is the same infrastructure trap from 2019.LinkedIn08AgentsThe web was built to exploit you. Agents don't care.LinkedIn09AgentsI studied how humans make decisions. Agents have none of those weaknesses.Substack10SecurityThe Composio Breach Exposed the Hole SOC 2 Was Never Built to SeeLinkedIn11SecurityYour SOC 2 certification says nothing about your agentsSubstack12LeadershipThe CTO who'd rather hire a junior than build the AI.Substack13ToolingClaude Code forgets everything when you close it. Someone built a fix and open sourced it.Substack14LeadershipWhat if I never felt like an imposterSubstack15LeadershipFail fast is terrible advice. Here's what actually works.LinkedIn16CultureThe three things that actually drive engineering culture (and it's not ping pong tables)LinkedIn17CultureThe Best Engineering Teams Do Not Document. They Build Systems That Remember.LinkedIn18DevOpsDevOps Was Built for Humans. Agentic DevOps Won't Look the Same.LinkedIn19DevOpsDevelopers Are Getting Replaced. DevOps Is Not Ready for That.LinkedIn20DevOpsYour DevOps Stack Was Built for Google, Not for YouLinkedIn21CareerI talked to a CTO who built a profitable startup, shut it down, and went back to being an ICLinkedIn