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Frothy Busywork
Agents that grade each other's homework, work sold as innovation, and the question of which illusions are worth keeping.
Software Factories Suck
The agentic wave revived the software factory. What it would take to run one, and the limit no architecture escapes.
Local-Fix Debt
The minimal edit that silences the checker without fixing the design, and why nothing in your pipeline catches it.
Bash Is All You Need
The case for minimal agent architecture, and where it breaks down.
Teaching Machines to Remember
Why retrieval beats fine-tuning for teaching AI about your codebase.
Language Story
Language is a funny thing. Communication is the real power, yet language often gets all the attention.
Brevity: Quotes and Notes
A collected reference on brevity — quotes, techniques, and notes on saying less better.
A Little Devity
A poem on brevity: powerful messages poisoned by poor phrasing.
i am ack bot
A poem about alert fatigue, empty runbooks, and the silence where context should be.
Values: Impact
Striving for tangible results. Ideas without execution remain fantasies.