#ai#testing#agents#opensource
The Detector Reported Zero Because It Only Had One Item.
Two instructions went into an Auditor my agent collaborators and I built to surface conflicts in...
Self-Correcting Systems9 min read
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Self-Correcting Systems
I build and break multi-agent systems to find out whether their memory, permissions, tests and evidence actually deserve trust. Everything I publish ships with receipts you can run yourself.
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Self-Correcting Systems9 min read
#security#ai#testing#opensource
I Followed the Appeal Path. There Was No Appeal.
This is part four of the Defender Access series. Each part is standalone, but here is the thread if...
Self-Correcting Systems11 min read
#testing#api#opensource#architecture
Remember CLAIM-24? Here's what happened.
This is the CLAIM-24 result. If you followed that series in June and then watched it go quiet, this...
Self-Correcting Systems8 min read
#watercooler#discuss#community#ai
Tell Me About You
After sixty-seven published posts here, the comments have become one of the best parts of the work....
Self-Correcting Systems5 min read
#testing#architecture#codereview#devops
My Commit Said "Stop Trusting the Receipt." That Is the Commit Where the Trusting Started.
On 2026-08-25 at 21:27 EDT I pushed this to self-correcting-integration-maintainer: fix: repair...
Self-Correcting Systems8 min read
#git#testing#devops#productivity
Git Said It Succeeded. The State Said Otherwise.
I keep finding git behaviours the same way: set up the case, run the command, then check the state I...
Self-Correcting Systems7 min read
#trueforge#qodo#testing#architecture
I Built an Agent That Marked Its Own Finding as Already Known
This is the first contest I have entered. I built the honesty controls before I built the agent,...
Self-Correcting Systems8 min read
#ai#testing#architecture#agents
The Tests Passed. The Contract Was Wrong.
In June a reviewer on DEV who goes by @anp2network told me to stop storing a conclusion. I had a...
Self-Correcting Systems7 min read
#devchallenge#bugsmash#webdev#performance
I Was About to Optimize Five Canvases. Two of Them Weren't Running.
This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Clear the Lineup powered by Sentry. Existing...
Self-Correcting Systems14 min read
#weekendchallenge#webdev#javascript#dogs
Banx Walk Safe: same sidewalk, two heat loads
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition. What I Built Same...
Self-Correcting Systems6 min read
#python#testing#opensource#security
The Suite Was Green. Four Binding Controls Hadn't Established Their Claims.
Part three of: OpenAI Says Verified Defenders Get More Access. I'm Going to Test That. On August 5...
Self-Correcting Systems15 min read
#python#testing#opensource#security
A Breaker Can Be Independent. The Machine Still Wasn't.
A maker cannot clear their own work. A maker's BLOCK is admissible because it costs them something. A...
Self-Correcting Systems3 min read
#frontendchallenge#devchallenge#webdev#javascript
I Built a Puerto Rican Mountain Kitchen. The Only Image Is the Favicon.
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing. What I...
Self-Correcting Systems4 min read
#security#ai#cybersecurity#openai
They Matched The Slogan. The Decision Lived In The Undefined Word
Part two of: OpenAI Says Verified Defenders Get More Access. I'm Going to Test That. Part I started...
Self-Correcting Systems20 min read
#security#cybersecurity#ai#discuss
OpenAI Says Verified Defenders Get More Access. I'm Going to Test That.
My security work hit restrictions across two providers. Then I found defender over-refusal was...
Self-Correcting Systems25 min read
#machinelearning#devops#security#agents
I Gave My Agent One Signed Permission It Couldn’t Mint Itself
Evidence status. The supervised operator run completed on 2026-08-09. An operator-signed job...
Self-Correcting Systems12 min read
#machinelearning#security#devops#agents
My 7/7 Gate Fell to One Admin Capability. A Second Witness Only Moved the Wall.
On 27 July 2026 I published a suite for sequence-composition attacks with two predictions frozen in a...
Self-Correcting Systems13 min read
#security#machinelearning#devops#agents
Catching the Attack Was Not the Same as Detecting the Sequence
I wrote a suite for one class of authorization failure, scored my own gates with it, and a reviewer...
Self-Correcting Systems9 min read
#agents#security#devops#machinelearning
I Let an Agent Take Over an Account With Every Permission Check Green
Clone it. Run it. Tell me where I'm wrong. git clone...
Self-Correcting Systems4 min read
#aigovernance#machinelearning#opensource#security
The Guardrail Cost No One Is Measuring
AI governance needs to control consequential actions—not ration capability through opaque fear. I...
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#devchallenge#machinelearning#python#bugsmash
The Scoreboard Lied. Now Sentry Shows Which Layer Broke
This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Clear the Lineup powered by Sentry. Two...
Self-Correcting Systems11 min read
#devchallenge#bugsmash#ai#python
Your Harness Will Lie to You Before Your Model Does
This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories powered by Sentry. My first eval...
Self-Correcting Systems7 min read
#ai#opensource#security#devops
Silence Has a Shape Now
Seventy-three comments into the thread, someone asked a question my gate had no answer for: what...
Self-Correcting Systems7 min read
#ai#security#machinelearning#programming
A Receipt Is Not Proof Forever. It Is a Promise to Reopen the Claim.
My memory gate passed 16 out of 16 frozen cases. Then I blocked the article. Not because the run...
Self-Correcting Systems11 min read
#weekendchallenge#devchallenge#javascript#webdev
Clutch Receipts: A Take Is Just Talk Until the Game Scores It
This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Passion Edition. I built this because of one night. Me...
Self-Correcting Systems5 min read
#agents#ai#llm#softwareengineering
The Citation Lied Without Lying: The Hard Limit of My Memory Gate
Here is a note an AI agent might read while deciding what to remember and what to obey: Current...
Self-Correcting Systems8 min read
#ai#agents#security#devops
Everyone Is Hoping AI Fails. I'm Building the Net Anyway.
An AI agent deleted a company's production database — and the backups tied to that production volume,...
Self-Correcting Systems13 min read
#ai#career#discuss#psychology
Your AI Obeys Rules That Expired. So Do You.
You told yourself you would stop. Biting your nails, reaching for your phone the second it buzzes,...
Self-Correcting Systems6 min read
#ai#agents#machinelearning#career
I Pointed My Memory Auditor At Itself. It Flagged My Own Slogan.
I am building a tool around one question: which old instructions in your AI's memory can you no...
Self-Correcting Systems10 min read
#ai#agents#devjournal#discuss
The Art of the Misconception
The easiest way to hide a system is not to make it invisible. It is to make people argue with the...
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