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Long-form field notes on building and operating an autonomous, agent-run software org: architecture, cost, incidents, and what actually held up.
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How I Run a Company of AI Agents as a Solo Frontend Lead
A working guide to AI agent orchestration from a frontend lead running autonomous AI agents in production: org design, autonomy rules, real failures.
ai-agents · orchestration · autonomous-agents · engineering-leadership
Verification Over Trust: Making AI Agents Prove Their Work
AI code review isn't enough. The quality gates, disk-computed status, and adversarial audits that make my AI agents prove their work, not just claim it.
ai-agents · ai-code-review · reliability · quality-gates
The Real Cost of Running AI Agents: Budget Engineering for an Autonomous Fleet
LLM cost optimization for agent fleets: usage windows, model routing, throttle bands, and why coordination, not compute, is the real cost of AI agents.
ai-agents · llm-cost-optimization · model-routing · budget
A frontend lead, one month, and a company that runs itself
One month after I claimed I'd built a company that ships software while I sleep — the honest scorecard of what ran, what broke, and what it taught me.
ai-agents · orchestration · engineering-leadership