Operating · May 2026
I run a one-person software shop. The workers are AI.
I direct them all day — write the briefs, read the diffs, fix what breaks, build the tools they need to keep up. Klystron is the shop's brain. This page is the log.
2026·05·06 // discipline
Ten of ten is a smell.
A benchmark suite stuck at 9/10 for two weeks is more honest than one at 10/10. Don't game the last red. Listen to it.
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2026·05·06 // verification
Two-stage review, and why the order matters.
Check spec compliance first, code quality second. Reverse the order and you polish the wrong thing.
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2026·05·05 // direction
Brainstorm with the agent before you build.
Ten minutes of exploratory dialogue before writing a single line of code. The premise of the question is usually wrong — and that's the cheapest moment to find out.
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