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Field notes on training, eval, inference, and the failure modes nobody puts in the docs.

  1. 006

    4 min #agents #evals #long-context

    Context rot: why your agent forgets what you said at turn 40

    Long-running model loops look great on the benchmark and quietly collapse in real loops. A small forensic look at where attention is actually spent.

  2. 005

    1 min #essays #gear

    What I packed for the Pyrenees

    Eight days, one carry-on, two pairs of socks too many. A list, and what I would change.

  3. 004

    1 min #essays #travel

    Notes from a slow train through Hokkaido

    The Soya Main Line in late winter, with a thermos of hojicha and one bad paperback.

  4. 003

    1 min #essays #reading

    On bringing one book

    A small argument against the kindle, with apologies to its inventors and to the airline that lost my last one.

  5. 002

    1 min #essays #writing

    Cafés where I've written

    A list, an apology to the proprietors of each, and a small map drawn from memory.

  6. 001

    1 min #essays

    The shape of a good day off

    No itinerary, one museum, a long walk, and dinner before sunset. A theory of unhurried days.