RESEARCH NOTEBOOK / 001

Notes for understanding what changes.

Papers, essays, and sources on software, agents, technology, and behavior, translated into useful mental models — with their limits in plain sight.

ESSAY 6 min

Stop Hobbling Your AI

Sometimes an AI needs a tool. Sometimes it needs to lose an instruction. How to decide what to add, remove, or keep while staying in control.

READING 7 min

The End of Software Engineering? Not Quite.

A paper argues that agents turn code into ephemeral material. The idea matters, but its evidence points to a shift in the center of gravity—not an extinction.