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What we are learning, while we learn it

Long-form research on running autonomous agents in production. Costed, benchmarked, and cited — including the parts where agents do badly.

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Unit economics
The Cold Math of 2026 Code Gen: AI Engineers vs. Traditional Outsourcing
Audited unit economics for autonomous coding agents against offshore development — cost per active hour, the SWE-bench ceiling, and an interactive model for your own backlog.
11 August 2026
9 min read
Engineer's guide
Structuring Deterministic Issue Templates for AI Agents
Agents stall on ambiguity, not capability. Two production-ready GitHub issue templates and the operating rules that push unassisted resolution past 60%.
11 August 2026
11 min read

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