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WEEKLY MASTER ARTICLES01 — 11
01
Agent engineering · Days 01–07 · 2026-09-25

Agents need an independent exam

The practical controls that let a fast coding agent produce work you can actually sign off.

02
Engineering judgment · Days 08–14 · 2026-09-25

Model consensus is not engineering evidence

What model debate can reveal, what polished probing cannot supply, and how real experiments turn a design into an engineering decision.

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Instagram
DAY 01 / INSTAGRAM

Do not re-teach stock safety per agent.

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LinkedIn
DAY 01 / LINKEDIN

Who writes the agent's exam?

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TikTok
DAY 01 / TIKTOK

Make retry safety survive every agent run.

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X
DAY 01 / X

Fast agents still need fixed contracts.

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Instagram
DAY 02 / INSTAGRAM

The agent cannot grade its own click path.

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LinkedIn
DAY 02 / LINKEDIN

Computer use needs a second witness.

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TikTok
DAY 02 / TIKTOK

Saved is not the same as survived.

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X
DAY 02 / X

A screenshot is not an assertion.

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Instagram
DAY 03 / INSTAGRAM

AI budget hides in the attention loop.

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LinkedIn
DAY 03 / LINKEDIN

Seat adoption is not AI ROI.

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TikTok
DAY 03 / TIKTOK

Five seats can make one manager the queue.

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X
DAY 03 / X

The cheap agent run can create an expensive loop.

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Instagram
DAY 04 / INSTAGRAM

Let agents move within real boundaries.

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LinkedIn
DAY 04 / LINKEDIN

Agentic speed needs observable control.

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TikTok
DAY 04 / TIKTOK

The guardrail must travel with the work.

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X
DAY 04 / X

Fast agents need upstream controls.

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Instagram
DAY 05 / INSTAGRAM

Four columns expose the real difference.

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LinkedIn
DAY 05 / LINKEDIN

Agentic speed needs a proof system.

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TikTok
DAY 05 / TIKTOK

The fastest demo can hide the wrong authority.

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X
DAY 05 / X

A hook list is not a control map.

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Instagram
DAY 06 / INSTAGRAM

Green needs a provenance trail.

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LinkedIn
DAY 06 / LINKEDIN

The worker's tests are useful but interested.

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TikTok
DAY 06 / TIKTOK

The terminal says zero. The suite did not pass.

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X
DAY 06 / X

Exit zero is not enough evidence.

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Instagram
DAY 07 / INSTAGRAM

More reviewers may mean one repeated premise.

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LinkedIn
DAY 07 / LINKEDIN

An agent chat is not a decision record.

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TikTok
DAY 07 / TIKTOK

A reviewer can inherit the author's favorite proof.

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X
DAY 07 / X

Two approvals are not two observations.

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Instagram
DAY 08 / INSTAGRAM

The polished review hides blank cells.

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LinkedIn
DAY 08 / LINKEDIN

A model loop won't make you an engineer.

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TikTok
DAY 08 / TIKTOK

Both models approved the backfill.

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X
DAY 08 / X

Two models are not two sensors.

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Instagram
DAY 09 / INSTAGRAM

The green UI has five blank cells.

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LinkedIn
DAY 09 / LINKEDIN

Can the builder explain the failure path?

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TikTok
DAY 09 / TIKTOK

The backfill passed review. Restart it.

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X
DAY 09 / X

A demo can pass with no state model.

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Instagram
DAY 10 / INSTAGRAM

What survives a context reset?

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LinkedIn
DAY 10 / LINKEDIN

Durable notes are necessary, not ownership.

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TikTok
DAY 10 / TIKTOK

The agent that built it is gone.

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X
DAY 10 / X

A summary is not a causal model.

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Instagram
DAY 11 / INSTAGRAM

The cost curve starts after launch.

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LinkedIn
DAY 11 / LINKEDIN

AI makes building cheap, not owning.

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TikTok
DAY 11 / TIKTOK

The founder built the tool in a weekend.

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X
DAY 11 / X

The demo is the cheapest part.

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Instagram
DAY 12 / INSTAGRAM

Three designs need three predictions.

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LinkedIn
DAY 12 / LINKEDIN

Let models broaden the option set.

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TikTok
DAY 12 / TIKTOK

The old incident changes the answer.

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X
DAY 12 / X

Two models can widen the options.

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Instagram
DAY 13 / INSTAGRAM

Map each assumption to one fault.

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LinkedIn
DAY 13 / LINKEDIN

Record the prediction before the result.

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TikTok
DAY 13 / TIKTOK

The canary makes both models revise.

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X
DAY 13 / X

What would prove the design wrong?

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Instagram
DAY 14 / INSTAGRAM

The missing option can be the costly one.

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LinkedIn
DAY 14 / LINKEDIN

Confidence is routing input, not permission.

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TikTok
DAY 14 / TIKTOK

Rename the labels. Does the policy flip?

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X
DAY 14 / X

Type-safe is not decision-safe.

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