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Notes from the build.

What we learn shipping agent systems that have to survive real data, real volume, and the 5% of cases that go wrong.

  • Four ascending horizontal bars on a dark navy field, the second one glowing yellow

    14 August 2026

    What "autonomy level 2" means in practice

    A four-rung ladder for deciding how much an agent gets to do on its own — and why almost everything valuable lives on rung two.

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    12 August 2026

    Your agent doesn't need to be smarter. It needs a kill switch.

    The gap between a demo and a system you'd leave running overnight isn't model quality. It's four pieces of unglamorous infrastructure — evals, tracing, budgets, and a way to stop it.

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  • Four abstract blocks on a dark navy field, the first glowing yellow, the rest in shadow

    10 August 2026

    The four things an agent should own before anything else

    Most teams pick the wrong first job for their AI. Here are the four workflows that are safe, boring, and worth more than anything clever.

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  • A stack of overlapping cards on a dark navy field dissolving into light, one glowing yellow

    7 August 2026

    The inbox that answers itself

    Most of what we call "work" is admin — chasing, updating, replying. AI is quietly eating that layer. Here's what to hand over first, and what to keep.

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    5 August 2026

    AI as a teammate, not a tool

    A tool waits to be picked up. A teammate notices the work and does it. That one difference decides whether AI actually saves you time.

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  • Abstract dark navy field with a single thin yellow fault line fracturing one corner

    3 August 2026

    The 5% problem — why AI demos lie and production doesn't

    Every AI demo works. Then real data shows up. Here's what the last 5% actually costs — and why it's the only part that matters.

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