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Notes on building AI systems that survive contact with production — agents, workflows, and the parts that are harder than the demo suggests.

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  1. Y Combinator Open Sourced the Agent It Runs Its Own Company OnYC released QM, the agent they use internally for accounting, legal, events, and engineering — and used to build itself. I read the whole codebase. The scope model, the twelve tools, the security posture, and the most honest SECURITY.md I have read in an open source repo.ai · agents · open-source · security · architecture
  2. The Agentic Automation Playbook: Patterns That Actually Hold UpAn agent that can do a task once is a magic trick. An automation you trust to do it a hundred times, unattended, is a contract. This playbook is the set of plays that get you from the trick to the contract — the loop, the scope, the tools, the verify step, the escape hatch.ai · agents · automation · patterns · playbook
  3. Your AI Agent Works in the Demo. Here's What Breaks in ProductionAn agent that nails the demo can still fall apart in production, and it is rarely the model's fault. Three things decide whether it survives real users: workflows, APIs, and governance. Here is why each one matters.ai · agents · agentic-ai · api · governance
  4. Chat History Management: The Hidden Hard Part of Agent AppsStreaming outputs, multi-agent sessions, and title generation make chat history deceptively difficult. Here is a simple, practical guide to make it reliable.ai · agents · chat · architecture · state-management
  5. Modern React & shadcn/ui Collections: The Ultimate Curated ListExplore a curated list of the most powerful component libraries, blocks, and registries in the React and Tailwind ecosystem, focusing on shadcn/ui compatibility.react · shadcn · tailwind · ui-components · web-design
  6. The Bhagavad Gita My viewpoint as a Software EngineerIn an era of endless notifications, AI disruptions, and digital burnout, a 5,000-year-old conversation on a battlefield holds surprisingly relevant answers for navigating our hyperconnected, technology-driven world.philosophy · technology · mindfulness · productivity · digital-life