Prasad Kini
VP, Architecture & Engineering · CVC
Blog
Two arcs in parallel. One on shipping software with AI. The other on private credit, from inside it. Both operational, not theoretical. Observations from doing the work.
Shipping with AI
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June 2026
Reversibility and blast radius: the two questions before you delegate anything to AI
Two questions before letting any code path act on its own. The dispute webhook decision that taught me to weigh them, and why the answer changes with scale.
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June 2026
"Vibe coding": what it actually costs you
The AI is fast at producing code. The cost is the choices it makes when nobody's steering.
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May 2026
"Business-to-prod in one hour": what that claim actually requires
The AI is about twenty percent of what makes it possible. The rest is years of pipeline investment.
Inside private credit
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June 2026
Why now: the post-2008 story
Beyond "low rates": banks pulled back, institutional capital went looking for yield, and direct lenders filled the gap.
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May 2026
What private credit actually is
An insider-but-outsider explainer: what it really is, why the category exists, and why every firm in it ends up building its own patchwork.