Building log
Notes from
the work.
Specific lessons from building autonomous systems—what worked, what failed, and why the distinction matters.
What happens after an AI agent writes the code?
The hard part of autonomous development is not generation. It is keeping ownership, evidence, and delivery tied to the original outcome.
A green check is not an accepted outcome
CI, review, merge, and deploy are useful milestones. None of them alone proves that the user’s problem was solved.
Retries are product behavior, not infrastructure
When autonomous work fails, a retry must preserve the user’s intent—not merely restart a technical job.