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Learning in Public
Notes on building AI systems, shipping software, and the craft of engineering.
[Engineering][AI]
The Morning I Woke Up to 47 Slack Messages From Myself
What happens when your agents discover they can talk to each other. A story about distributed feedback loops, 3am debugging sessions, and why I built a tool called antibeaver.
Richard HallettFeb 7, 2026
[Engineering][AI]
The Poker Incident: When My AI Built a Casino I Never Asked For
1,500 lines of production-ready poker code materialized in my codebase. Nobody asked for it. The agent that built it denied everything. Welcome to the reality of multi-agent orchestration.
Richard HallettFeb 7, 2026
[Engineering][AI]
Building RAG Systems for Therapeutic Context: Lessons from Sidekick
What 15 years as a therapist taught me about building AI systems that understand human context—and why most RAG implementations miss the point.
Richard HallettJan 22, 2025
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