Tag: software-engineering

All the articles with the tag "software-engineering".

• Why the dark factory is a Michelin kitchen

  Published: 11 Oct, 2026

  • 12 min read

  

  In February I said the dark factory wasn't the point. Aim for lights-off anyway, but run it like a Michelin kitchen: sample the dishes, fix the kitchen when the same mistake shows up twice, then franchise.

• Running an organization of agents through Tightbeam

  Published: 14 Sep, 2026

  • 19 min read

  

  Six weeks running forty-three coding agents through Tightbeam: what it records, how reviews and rules hold, what broke, and who should try it.

• For every agent that writes code, two agents review it

  Published: 2 Aug, 2026

  • 8 min read

  Six weeks of agent-written code with two reviewer agents per writer. What the gate caught: leaked secrets, silent side effects, and what it costs.

• Trying Bumblebee

  Published: 27 May, 2026

  • 6 min read

  

  Running Perplexity's read-only endpoint scanner: zero catalogue findings, sixty-three MCP servers I never installed, and one freshness pattern worth knowing.

• Building a Second Brain in Plain Text

  Published: 19 May, 2026

  • 15 min read

  

  What I learned building a markdown second brain with Tolaria, git, and an AI collaborator that helps with capture and structure, not writing the notes for me.

• linkledger-cli: A Local-First Memory Layer for AI Agents

  Published: 26 Feb, 2026

  • 7 min read

  

  How I built a local-first memory layer that captures sources quickly and returns compact, source-backed context for AI agents.

• The dark factory is not the point

  Published: 23 Feb, 2026

  • 4 min read

  

  A pragmatic guide for engineers and leaders: scale AI coding autonomy by investing in verification, quality gates, and evidence pipelines.