Notes

Two Anthropic ideas, a year apart, that keep getting conflated. What each one actually solves, Anthropic's own answer on how they relate, and a two-question test for picking between them.

Google published a framework for reasoning about AI-assisted development stakes. I ran it against my own harness — here's what held up, and where it didn't.

What ant colonies taught me about designing multi-agent knowledge systems — using this project's own over-built first attempt as the cautionary tale.

A way of thinking about how much agency we hand to AI systems, from recommendations up to autonomous execution with oversight.

What if AI could learn your methodology once, then apply it automatically? Claude Skills as a shift from code as reusable unit to expertise as reusable unit.

How I explain AI systems that can actually take action and make decisions — not just analyze data or generate content.

Why the real game-changer isn't smarter AI — it's AI that can actually do things.

Speculation on what AI with agency unlocks, and what I think is coming.