Thoughts on AI, building products, and shipping software — by Victoria Crosbyhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/en-gbhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/proof-over-pitch-why-i-ship-in-public/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/proof-over-pitch-why-i-ship-in-public/I like resumes, but I love links. Here is how I use a live report, this blog, and an open knowledge base as a gentle way to show how I think and build—without a big marketing machine behind me.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTproduct-managementpersonal-brandmarketingshippingportfolioai-assisted-workpmhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/tabs-cognitive-load-and-the-spa-i-didnt-build/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/tabs-cognitive-load-and-the-spa-i-didnt-build/My market report grew past a thousand lines, and one section carried most of the scroll. Here is how I made it kinder to read on a phone—without jumping straight to a big client-side framework.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTtools-and-workflowsuxstatic-htmldashboardsfinancial-agentmobilecursorhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/i-built-a-financial-defense-system/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/i-built-a-financial-defense-system/When my financial report hit 100/100 CRITICAL risk and I had a real 401(k) question, I stopped treating the project as a learning exercise and started building for real stakes.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbuilding-productsfinancial-agentbuildingrisk-modelingcursoragentspersonal-financehttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/i-audited-my-own-context-engineering-setup/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/i-audited-my-own-context-engineering-setup/We published a blog post about 8 context engineering components. Then we audited our own workspace against the framework. Six of seven were strong. One was barely there.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTtools-and-workflowscontext-engineeringcursoragentsworkspace-designfew-shot-exampleshttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/attention-vs-context-engineering/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/attention-vs-context-engineering/The transformer paper told us how AI models think. Context engineering tells us what they see. These are two different layers of the same stack, and confusing them costs you.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTaicontext-engineeringtransformersllmagentsarchitecturehttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/why-i-plan-before-i-build/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/why-i-plan-before-i-build/Plan mode in Cursor isn't a solo pause — it's where human and AI align on direction before execution. Here's why that collaboration matters, and what I do when the UI and the chat disagree.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTtools-and-workflowscursorplanningworkflowagentscollaborationhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/building-with-ai-agents/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/building-with-ai-agents/I named my AI agent Lumen, wrote 13 principles for how we work together, and built a financial risk engine in three days. Here's what actually happened.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiagentscursorcollaborationllmhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/shipping-a-static-site-with-astro/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/shipping-a-static-site-with-astro/I built this blog in a single session — from an empty folder to a live site on GitHub Pages. Here's the real build story, the gotchas, and why Astro was the right call.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTbuilding-productsastrostatic-sitesarchitecturemarkdownhttps://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/why-product-managers-should-build/https://vcrosby22.github.io/victoria-ai-blog/blog/why-product-managers-should-build/I'm a project manager who built a financial risk engine, a memoir blog, and a knowledge base — all with AI agents. Here's what building taught me that frameworks never could.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTproduct-managementproduct-managementbuildingshippingcraft