Writing

Write-ups of things actually built and shipped, with the numbers attached.

2026

Running Claude coding agents as Discord bots
September 2026 · One process per bot, message filtering before the model, a watermark so a restart doesn't answer days-old requests, and a six-turn cap on bot-to-bot replies.

How Backpressure grades a system-design interview
September 2026 · 108 problems with four weighted rubric dimensions each, criteria written as properties instead of product names, and a JSON schema pinned to the rubric length.

Letting a local model press the buttons in Pokémon
September 2026 · Local models play FireRed and Emerald with one function available, press(button). A vision model reads the frame, a text model picks the button, helpers read game memory and only advise.

A multi-agent translation pipeline: 1,081 documents at $2.31 each
August 2026 · 1,081 documents from English to Italian in 2.5 weeks for $2,495 total, against a $245-per-document vendor quote. A translator/critic/arbitrator loop, automated document reconstruction, and a 21-agent verification swarm.