
Neely Dunlap
Neely Dunlap is a content strategist at Faros who writes about AI and software engineering.
Latest posts by Neely Dunlap
AI Industry
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9/1/26
What is a software factory? How it works
Learn how software factories use AI agents, orchestration, evals, and verification to automate engineering workflows and continuously improve software delivery.

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AI Industry
10
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8/26/26
How to track AI coding costs across teams
See how to track AI coding costs across teams, connect spend to engineering outcomes, measure cost per verified outcome, and optimize AI spend.
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Research
6
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8/6/26
The AI code quality mirage: What New Relic’s research reveals
New Relic’s 2026 State of AI Coding found 94% of leaders rate AI code above human code. Faros’s Acceleration Whiplash report shows what happens downstream.

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AI Industry
10
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8/5/26
What AI coding tools really cost: Beyond the invoice
The true cost of AI coding goes far beyond license fees. See how to budget the full cost of buying, running, and maintaining AI coding tools—plus the costs most models miss.
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AI Industry
12
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7/22/26
AI coding cost optimization: connect spend to outcomes
AI coding costs are exploding, but cutting access kills productivity. Faros observes, optimizes, and governs token spend so you lower cost per outcome without slowing engineers down.
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AI Industry
4
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7/20/26
What does productive AI work actually look like?
More AI token spend doesn’t mean better engineering. Our on-demand webinar shows you what productive AI work actually looks like and how to close the gap between AI spend and business value.
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AI Industry
8
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7/9/26
Best open-weight models for coding
Compare the best open-weight models for coding in 2026—GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi and more—and learn when each one can cut your AI coding costs.
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AI Industry
4
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6/18/26
The gap between AI spend and engineering outcomes
Throughput is up, quality is down, and CFOs are asking hard questions. Watch Faros CEO and a McKinsey senior partner unpack the AI engineering gap—and how to close it.
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6/17/26
How to measure token efficiency in AI engineering
Finance wants to know what AI spend produced. These 3 outcome signals and 11 guardrail metrics give engineering leaders the answer.
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AI Industry
8
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6/10/26
AI tokenomics: How to manage AI token costs in engineering
Enterprise AI token spend is surging. Learn how AI tokenomics and token intelligence help engineering leaders track, forecast, and control AI costs.

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AI Industry
8
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5/28/26
What engineering leaders need to know about Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Opus 4.8 hits 88.6% on SWE-bench and 0% hallucination rate on flawed data. See what else is new across agentic SWE performance, prompt injection resistance, tool use improvements, and evaluation awareness risks.

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AI Industry
15
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5/22/26
Harness engineering: A guide to building better AI coding agents
Agent = Model + Harness. Harness engineering is what makes AI agents reliable in production. See the five layers and the metrics that matter.

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Data Engineering
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AI Industry
8
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4/23/26
Tokenmaxxing: Why AI token consumption isn't engineering productivity
Tokenmaxxing—treating AI token consumption as a productivity metric—is repeating the lines-of-code mistake. Data from 22,000 developers points to a better way to measure AI engineering impact.

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AI Industry
12
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4/20/26
What is AI Engineering?
At enterprise scale, AI engineering necessitates a connected system spanning strategy, tooling, cost management, adoption, workforce evolution, measurement, governance, and the context layer that makes AI output production-ready.

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AI Industry
15
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1/29/26
Best AI models for coding
Compare top AI coding models and learn how to leverage the best one by matching the model tier and level of effort to each task, using the right context.

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Coding
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AI Industry
15
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1/2/26
Best AI coding agents for developers in 2026 (real-world reviews)
A developer-focused look at the best AI coding agents in 2026, comparing Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Cline, and more—with guidance for evaluating them at enterprise scale.

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Developers
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AI Industry
10
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11/26/25
DRY principle in programming: Preventing duplication in AI-generated code
Understand the DRY principle in programming, why it matters for safe, reliable AI-assisted development, and how to prevent AI agents from generating duplicate or inconsistent code.

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Coding
Developers
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AI Industry
10
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11/20/25
The complete checklist for how to create a Jira ticket
AI is raising the bar for clarity in engineering workflows. Discover how to create a Jira ticket that’s complete, context-rich, and actionable for both your teammates and the autonomous agents supporting them.

Productivity
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Developers
10
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AI Industry
12
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11/17/25
What Is a Jira ticket? Everything you need to know
Learn what is a ticket in Jira: types, core fields, workflow stages, and why well-crafted, context-rich tickets elevate software delivery, engineering performance, and AI autonomy.

Productivity
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Developers
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10
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9/2/25
What is Data-Driven Engineering? The Complete Guide
Discover what data-driven engineering is, why it matters, and the five operational pillars that help teams make smarter, faster, and impact-driven decisions.

Leaders
Productivity
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9
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2/6/25
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Uncovering the Phenomenon of Ghost Engineers
Unearth the truth about ghost engineers and the hidden underperformance lurking within engineering organizations.

Productivity
Leaders
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