Notes#

Notes

This is where I write regular blog posts that don’t fit under Books or Apps.

Most of the time, I’ll write about technical topics. Sometimes, I’ll also share everyday stories or my personal opinions on things I notice. From longer essays to short memos, this is where I keep what I want to publish and revisit.

What you’ll find here#

  • Tech notes: debugging logs, troubleshooting, concept summaries, and quick tips
  • Personal notes: daily life, observations, thoughts, and opinions

Subcategories#

  • Essays: reflections, opinions, observations, retrospectives, and direction-setting posts (the default bucket in Notes)

Note#

  • Posts may be revised and improved over time.
  • You can browse the list from the left sidebar.

Latest Posts

I Decided to Call Them Harness Skills — Breaking the Illusion of Doing Well and Opening Up My Harness

I Decided to Call Them Harness Skills — Breaking the Illusion of Doing Well and Opening Up My Harness

A story that began with a question: what should we call tools like LLM Wiki and GStack? With no standard term available, I named them 'harness skills,' reflected on how confidence in my own harness became a trap for growth, and then surveyed the most widely loved harness skills.

An Agent That Keeps Working After the Laptop Closes: Remote Development with Lightsail, Hermes, and Discord

An Agent That Keeps Working After the Laptop Closes: Remote Development with Lightsail, Hermes, and Discord

A practical record of moving an AI agent from a local laptop to an always-on remote environment with AWS Lightsail, Hermes Agent, Discord, and a Docker sandbox. It covers the architecture, security posture, and setup process for continuing development work from mobile.

How Product Development Processes Should Change in the Age of AI Agents

How Product Development Processes Should Change in the Age of AI Agents

An essay on how product teams should handle code changes created directly by planners using AI agents, with a focus on intent transfer, review, and harnesses.

How to Add Coding Runtimes to an AI Agent Web Service

How to Add Coding Runtimes to an AI Agent Web Service

This essay explores how an AI agent web service can adopt coding runtimes such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI, which tools are worth evaluating first, and where the real product moat likely lives.

Hermes Agent — Is It the Luxury Brand of AI Agents? A First Impression

Hermes Agent — Is It the Luxury Brand of AI Agents? A First Impression

A record of getting to know Nous Research's Hermes Agent. From analyzing a teammate's Pulumi deployment, to installing it locally on a Mac and connecting it to Slack, to a first impression and the operational questions worth following up on.

Claude Managed Agents — Can It Replace Your Existing Agent System?

Claude Managed Agents — Can It Replace Your Existing Agent System?

A practical comparison of Anthropic's Managed Agents with existing multi-agent systems, covering architecture design, Memory Store, and governance considerations for real-world adoption.

In the AI Era, How Will Work Be Divided Again?

In the AI Era, How Will Work Be Divided Again?

An essay on how AI and internal harness environments are changing the way work is divided inside companies, and why ownership and quality systems matter more than rigid job titles.

Where Should You Use Codex? A Guide to CLI, App, Cursor, and Claude Code

Where Should You Use Codex? A Guide to CLI, App, Cursor, and Claude Code

A beginner-friendly guide to the different environments for using OpenAI Codex, what stays the same across them, what differs, and when each option makes the most sense.

Harness Engineering — A Practical Guide to Safe AI Agent Operations

Harness Engineering — A Practical Guide to Safe AI Agent Operations

A practical guide covering the concepts, components, and project-type-specific application methods of harness engineering for reliably integrating AI agents into projects.

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