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Occasional writing about the systems I build and the problems I run into.

The Happy-Path Trap: Why Best-Case Numbers Mislead AI Pipeline Design

Sep 28, 2026 · 9 min read

A single-call AI design beats a two-call triage-then-build design on every happy-path benchmark. The fewer tokens, one round trip, lower cost. Run real, messy traffic through both and the ranking flips, because the benchmark measured the wrong request.

#ai-engineering
#llm-pipelines
#system-design
#cost-optimization

Who's Actually Accountable When AI Acts on Its Own?

Aug 10, 2026 · 9 min read

Five stories from the same few weeks, rogue agents, a pre-emptive model pause, a legal grey zone, regulation that depends on technical infrastructure, and a traceability gap, all pointing at the same unbuilt layer: accountability.

#ai-safety
#ai-governance
#accountability
#regulation

Why I Rebuilt My Site Around Plain Text Files

Aug 2, 2026 · 2 min read

A short note on the setup behind this site — MDX files on disk, schema-validated at build time, and why that beat reaching for a CMS.

#nextjs
#mdx
#typescript