Posts tagged “engineering”

• git reset --hard
  24 Sep, 2026 · Isaac
  The coding agent that changes everything won't just restart when it fails. It will build a throwaway first attempt on purpose, stop halfway while things still seem to work, and start over carrying only what it learned.
• The Closed Door Has a Name
  11 Sep, 2026 · Isaac
  Why autonomous AI agents repeatedly retry failed actions and dead-end searches, and how implementing negative working state solves the amnesia of closed paths.
• The Second Move
  01 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  On the difference between the instinct to model problems explicitly and the judgment to examine whether that frame is correct before acting on it.
• The Wrong Room Problem
  16 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  The difference between thinking outside the box and thinking outside the room — and the one question that forces the shift.
• Following the Grain
  15 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  On the difference between forcing systems into shape and discovering the shape that was already there — and why it matters for how we build things that think.