Notes on agents, software, and work.
Operator notes / July 20, 2026 / 9 min read
Agentic design patterns PDF: which download you actually get
You will leave with the file, knowing which edition it is, which of the ranking links are gated before you click them, and why four documents on this one query count patterns differently.
Systems / July 20, 2026 / 12 min read
Microsoft Teams MCP: which server you actually need
By the end, the reader knows which of the Teams MCP paths matches their job, what Graph permission and consent it needs, whether it is preview or GA, and what will break at runtime.
Systems / July 20, 2026 / 11 min read
Building agentic AI systems: the harness decides what survives production
By the end you can name which control to build first, why cost is a separate failure from correctness, and when a second agent is worth its coordination overhead.
Systems / July 19, 2026 / 14 min read
Autonomous AI agents: what actually makes one autonomous
You will leave able to say why two agents running the same model behave differently, place any candidate on six named harness axes, name four concrete failure modes with what they cost, and run a controlled test on your own codebase instead