// 02 Notes
Writing
Long-form on AI in the physical world. Occasionally, when there is something true to say.
2026 · 072 min
The Piece That Couldn't Tell It Was Done
A generative tree whose 'am I finished?' check could return false forever, caught by a test that failed up to a third of its runs. The halting condition is part of the algorithm, not an afterthought.
#AI#Algorithms#Testing
2026 · 073 min
The Value Function Is the Hard Part
Kaggle hands you the value function; all that's left is to optimize it. The real world never does. Whoever can define what 'better' means is already halfway to the answer — and with agents that answer for free, that gap is all that's left.
#AI#Agents#Judgment
2026 · 031 min
When the Model Makes the Difference
Two hours of dead ends on a routing bug — then the same prompt on the latest model fixed it in one shot. A note on not wasting time with mediocre models.
#AI#Tooling#Agents