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Builder Log is where I document experiments with agentic AI, automation workflows, local systems, and the messy work of making useful tools reliable. These notes are less about the tool itself and more about what the build teaches.

Builder Log Sep 9, 2026 5 min read

OpenAI’s 10,000-Agent Math Run: Why a Formal Proof Still Needs Independent Review

OpenAI has released a claimed Navier–Stokes solution and Lean formalization. Here is how to separate agent scale, proof checking and…
OpenAI’s 10,000-Agent Math Run: Why a Formal Proof Still Needs Independent Review
Builder Log Sep 9, 2026 7 min read

ChatGPT Images 2.5: A Seven-Image Gallery of Roads, Agents and Ideas

Seven GPT-Image-2.5 examples inspired by riding, AI agents and useful workflows—with exact prompts and a controlled before-and-after edit.
Builder Log Sep 9, 2026 5 min read

Human in the Loop, on the Loop, or over the Loop? A Plain-English AI Oversight Guide

Approval, monitoring, and governance are different jobs. Use this practical comparison to assign human oversight to the actual risk of…
Builder Log Sep 9, 2026 4 min read

AI Agent Productivity Metrics: What OpenAI’s 3.1 Agent-Workdays Actually Tell Us

OpenAI’s agent-runtime figures show growing automation capacity. Here is a practical scorecard for measuring accepted work, review effort, and actual…
Builder Log Sep 6, 2026 13 min read

Where Should Your AI Agent Actually Live? A Plain-English Guide to Choosing an AI Agent Hub

Where Should Your AI Agent Actually Live? A Plain-English Guide to Choosing an AI Agent Hub For about two years,…
Where Should Your AI Agent Actually Live? A Plain-English Guide to Choosing an AI Agent Hub
Builder Log Aug 27, 2026 6 min read

Microsoft Just Gave Helpdesks a Key to Every Unattended Windows PC — Here’s the Governance Question That Comes With It

Microsoft shipped something this week aimed squarely at IT helpdesks, not end users — which usually means it flies under…
Microsoft Just Gave Helpdesks a Key to Every Unattended Windows PC — Here’s the Governance Question That Comes With It
Builder Log Aug 24, 2026 5 min read

Slack Just Put AI Coding Agents in Group Chat — Here’s the Governance Question Nobody’s Asking

Slack announced something this week worth pausing on — not because it's flashy, but because it quietly answers a question…
Slack Just Put AI Coding Agents in Group Chat — Here’s the Governance Question Nobody’s Asking
Builder Log Aug 17, 2026 9 min read

The One Missing Config Field That Broke an AI Agent (And How to Debug It in 5 Minutes)

Quick translation if you don’t build AI agents for a living: think of an AI agent as a program that…
The One Missing Config Field That Broke an AI Agent (And How to Debug It in 5 Minutes)
Builder Log Aug 17, 2026 5 min read

Claude Code Just Turned Off the Permission Prompts — And the Data Says That’s the Safer Choice

Starting August 14, if you’re on Claude Code with a Pro, Max, or Team plan, new sessions default to something…
Claude Code Just Turned Off the Permission Prompts — And the Data Says That’s the Safer Choice
Builder Log Aug 13, 2026 5 min read

I Built a Cinematic Ride Video With AI — Here’s the Actual Workflow, and Where It Broke

I ran a 60-second motorcycle ride video through a full AI production pipeline recently — not a single “type a…
I Built a Cinematic Ride Video With AI — Here’s the Actual Workflow, and Where It Broke