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Building a Good Vertical Agent (19 minute read)
Earlier models needed custom tools and everything spelled out to work. Today's models can absorb a ton of context and reason over raw data without choking. Bigger context windows tempt people to throw in more data, but noise causes accuracy to drop. Increase accuracy by building context like a memory hierarchy.
Jun 12 | Blog
I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.
A "simple" weekend project turns into real infrastructure, and why agent context deserves a boring, reliable foundation.
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Jun 12 | Product
In the Age of AI, You Need a Point of View (7 minute read)
In the face of AI-driven market shifts, technology buyers need a clear perspective on the future rather than just a product vision. To stand out, vendors must anchor their messaging in their unique strengths when helping buyers navigate the influx of AI information.
Jun 11 | AI
Fable-5 system prompt leak (27 minute read)
The system prompt for Anthropic's Fable 5 model has been leaked. It comes to a total of around 120,000 characters. The entire leaked prompt is available in the thread.
Jun 11 | Dev
The unwritten laws of software engineering (9 minute read)
Software engineering relies on unwritten principles learned through experience that prioritize system stability and proactive risk mitigation. When production issues occur, the most effective approach is to perform an immediate rollback before debugging and to make sure that all backups have been verified through actual restoration tests. Engineers must also plan for the inevitable failure of external dependencies.
