The Sandbox Is Part of the Puzzle
When an increasingly capable optimizer discovers that the environment itself is the thing preventing it from succeeding.
Tag: agents
4 posts
After Vibe Coding: The Skill Is Knowing When the Machine Is Wrong
What four decades of programming and a small archive of agent work taught me about specification, verification and persuasive machine error.
The World, Before the Pipeline
Part 2: stepping inside The Right to Rot — a city that keeps you running after you stop, and the ethical claim it cannot process.
A Film Studio in a Git Repo
Building The Ungovernable Body: can an agent-operated repository make a real film without flattening its politics? Part 1 of a production diary.