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Live Reconfiguration for Persistent AI Agent Processes

Jun 16, 2026 · 5 min read

How to apply configuration changes to a running AI agent without downtime, and why "durable" apply semantics matter more than the detection mechanism.

Model Selection Is an Operational Variable, Not a Code Constant

Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read

Config-driven model selection gives per-customer cost control, live tier changes without redeploy, and a verification path for actual API spend.

Read Your Own Codebase First

Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read

Prior implementations encode constraints vendor docs omit - check your codebase before any setup guide for a library you have integrated before.

Suppress Work Loudly

Jun 14, 2026 · 4 min read

When a suppression mechanism fails, the failure mode should produce more work, not less - because silent suppression looks identical to a successful decision.

"Merged" Is Not "Wired"

Jun 13, 2026 · 7 min read

Live output path audit - not PR titles - reveals merged safety-critical features that never reached the path real output actually travels.

Dead Code Removal Is a Security Audit, Not Just Cleanup

Jun 12, 2026 · 5 min read

Deleting old adapter code forces a semantic comparison you would not otherwise do - and that is where security gaps surface, not where they get introduced.

Give an Agent Powerful Capabilities Without Giving It Credentials

Jun 10, 2026 · 8 min read

Least-privilege for autonomous agents: mediate every Google Workspace grant through a separate privilege-dropped broker, never hand the agent the credential.

Building a Product's Entire UI in a Two-Day Parallel Agent Sweep

Jun 9, 2026 · 7 min read

A client portal and an admin console, built in two days by agents working in parallel, each owning one surface, on a shared dual-mode abstraction.

Putting an Agent at the Top of the Funnel Instead of a Contact Form

Jun 7, 2026 · 9 min read

A prospect talks to an agent and gets a real findings report. The eval harness, adversarial personas, and voice bridge behind a generative top of funnel.

Scaling One Product Across a Dozen Industries Without Forking It

Jun 4, 2026 · 8 min read

A manifest plus an addon directory per vertical lets one AI service span a dozen industries without a separate codebase per client. The templating architecture.