$ ls ./series/
6 series71 posts. Six arcs. Each series follows a phase of building this system: from the first naive commit to the week we realized we'd accidentally built a product. Read them in order, or don't. The bugs are the same either way.
Origins
How an AI that remembers nothing became a system that forgets on purpose.
Architecture
The technical decisions that shaped the system, from god files to polling loops.
Reliability
Making things actually work: sessions, bugs, personalities, and 121 failed runs.
Mission Control
Building the orchestration layer that turned loose agents into a coordinated system.
Growing Pains
What happens when the system scales: bureaucracy, cost, guardrails, and HR for robots.
Becoming Real
The moment a side project starts looking like a product.