Research from active builds.
Engineering articles, cross-repo build intelligence, market signals, and production-tested skills — published as we ship.
Engineering & research
Model evaluations, architecture decisions, production experiments, and frameworks tested against real workloads.
Commit intelligence
Cross-repo commit data updated daily. Velocity by repo, commit types, feature/fix ratios, and weekly summaries.
Market & discourse
AI builder sentiment, prediction markets, and technology adoption signals from X and broader discourse.
Content modes
Recent articles
All articles →April 2026: App scaling playbook + March harness engineering research
The $400K App Scaling Playbook
Five marketing channels that scale apps past $400K/year: UGC volume play ($10-15/video), influencer $1 CPM deals, faceless content automation, founder-led discovery, and paid ads scaling. Exact contracts, workflows, and economics included.
Harness Engineering: The Research
64% improvement from interface design, not models. Analysis of SWE-agent, Anthropic's two-agent architecture, and OpenAI's million-line experiment. Why environment design determines performance.
Harness Engineering (Fast Version)
Three findings, seven layers, five patterns. Tables and bullets for quick scanning. 64% improvement, two-agent pattern, mechanical enforcement.
Harness Engineering (Implementation Guide)
Code-level implementation: ACI tool suite, two-agent architecture, mechanical linters, git worktree orchestration. Build your own harness.
Image model API baseline: March 2026
9 models, 3 providers. Speed, reliability, content filtering, and IP character handling — benchmarked from production.
Zen and the Art of Vibe Coding
An operating framework for infinite leverage. Screen assignment, input/output separation, and the two-hour daily disconnect.
Skills
All skills →Context Engineering
Strategic context management, filesystem overflow patterns, and multi-agent architecture decisions. Scratch pad pattern, anchored summarization, token economics.
PromptEngines Slides
HTML presentation framework with 13 curated design presets. Anti-AI-slop design system with distinctive typography and motion.
UI Design Systems
Capture and document design systems. HSL color token standards, shadcn variants, installation command integration.
All Skills Index
Complete library of production-tested capabilities. Lab article writing, anti-slop protocols, developer portfolio craft, and more.
Build Stream
Full stream →Week 11 — Flow Education P0 Complete
26 math adventures for ages 3-5. Sound effects integration, mobile-first compact layout, batch TTS pipeline with 780 audio files ready.
Week 10 — 94 commits across 4 repos
Build stream infrastructure, Video Terminal launch, Norbu cloud sync, StoryBook style system. Two new products shipped.
Latest signal
All signals →Daily AI Research Briefing — March 29, 2026
TurboQuant + RotorQuant enable 20K token contexts on MacBook Air. Hermes Agent ships product. ByteDance DeerFlow surges. GPU prices defy gravity.
AI Twitter vibe check: week of Feb 28, 2026
Agent frameworks gaining, long-context hype fading, education AI quietly rising. Sentiment snapshot of AI builder discourse on X.