diff --git a/docs/dev-notes/index.md b/docs/dev-notes/index.md
index c3b70822..f0cc7b8a 100644
--- a/docs/dev-notes/index.md
+++ b/docs/dev-notes/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Dev Notes
-description: Research field notes, experiments, milestones, and lessons from building OpenShell research applications.
+description: Dev Notes, experiments, milestones, and lessons from building OpenShell research applications.
 hide:
   - toc
 ---
diff --git a/docs/dev-notes/posts/2026-07-20-policy-controlling-reachy-mini-with-openshell.md b/docs/dev-notes/posts/2026-07-20-policy-controlling-reachy-mini-with-openshell.md
index 64f88af8..a967caeb 100644
--- a/docs/dev-notes/posts/2026-07-20-policy-controlling-reachy-mini-with-openshell.md
+++ b/docs/dev-notes/posts/2026-07-20-policy-controlling-reachy-mini-with-openshell.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ card_tags:
 <!-- Generated by scripts/render-dev-notes.py; edit front matter and authors.json. -->
 <div class="dev-note-byline">
   <p class="dev-note-byline__label">
-    <span>Field note</span>
+    <span>Dev Note</span>
     <time datetime="2026-07-20">July 20, 2026</time>
     <span>Edge AI</span>
   </p>
diff --git a/scripts/render-dev-notes.py b/scripts/render-dev-notes.py
index 3f4232dd..5db6eee2 100644
--- a/scripts/render-dev-notes.py
+++ b/scripts/render-dev-notes.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def render_card_visual(post: dict[str, Any], *, eager: bool = False) -> str:
     label = categories[0] if categories else "Research"
     date_stamp = post["published"].strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
     return f"""      <div class="dev-note-card__visual dev-note-card__visual--{variant}" aria-hidden="true">
-        <span class="dev-note-card__visual-label">Field note / {html.escape(label)}</span>
+        <span class="dev-note-card__visual-label">Dev Note / {html.escape(label)}</span>
         <span class="dev-note-card__visual-index">{date_stamp}</span>
         <span class="dev-note-card__visual-mark">&gt;_</span>
       </div>"""
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def render_recent_card(post: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
 
 def render_index_cards(posts: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
     if not posts:
-        body = '  <p class="dev-notes-empty">The first field note is being prepared.</p>'
+        body = '  <p class="dev-notes-empty">The first Dev Note is being prepared.</p>'
     else:
         featured = render_featured_card(posts[0])
         recent_posts = posts[1:]
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ def render_byline(post: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
 <!-- Generated by scripts/render-dev-notes.py; edit front matter and authors.json. -->
 <div class="dev-note-byline">
   <p class="dev-note-byline__label">
-    <span>Field note</span>
+    <span>Dev Note</span>
     <time datetime="{published.isoformat()}">{html.escape(format_date(published))}</time>
     <span>{html.escape(category)}</span>
   </p>
diff --git a/tests/test_render_dev_notes.py b/tests/test_render_dev_notes.py
index d9c39aa0..13a6e577 100644
--- a/tests/test_render_dev_notes.py
+++ b/tests/test_render_dev_notes.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def make_post(
     filename: str,
     *,
     date: str = "2026-06-05",
-    title: str = "A field note",
+    title: str = "A Dev Note",
     description: str = "What the experiment taught us.",
     categories: list[str] | None = None,
     tags: list[str] | None = None,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_zero_one_and_many_post_layouts(self) -> None:
         second = make_post("2026-06-04-second.md", date="2026-06-04", title="Second")
         third = make_post("2026-06-03-third.md", date="2026-06-03", title="Third")
 
-        self.assertIn("first field note", renderer.render_index_cards([]))
+        self.assertIn("first Dev Note", renderer.render_index_cards([]))
         one = renderer.render_index_cards([first])
         self.assertIn("Featured note", one)
         self.assertNotIn("Recent notes", one)
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ def test_existing_byline_replacement_preserves_backslashes(self) -> None:
             path = Path(directory) / "post.md"
             post = make_post("post.md")
             post["path"] = path
-            post["frontmatter"] = "title: A field note\ndate: 2026-06-05"
+            post["frontmatter"] = "title: A Dev Note\ndate: 2026-06-05"
             post["body"] = (
-                "# A field note\n\n"
+                "# A Dev Note\n\n"
                 f"{renderer.BYLINE_START}\nstale\n{renderer.BYLINE_END}\n\n"
                 "Body.\n"
             )