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Compilation of AI Failures — Signal vs Narrative
Free article for Arpeggio / LinkedIn
Thesis
We are not seeing a tooling gap. We are seeing a structural mismatch between probabilistic generation and load‑bearing systems.
Despite heavy investment, multiple independent signals point to the…
Why I Benched My AI Agent
Foreword
Well then, this is a story about the one time I allowed my AI agent to co-write a complex library, and what I learned from the experience.
The following post is my subjective experience, and part of the reason I published independent…
The AI Productivity Trap
I. The Block Moment
On February 26, 2026, Block announced a 40% workforce reduction, explicitly attributing the decision to AI-driven productivity gains. The stock surged 24% the same day. The narrative was clear: fewer engineers, more AI, higher…
The Mispriced AI Bet
Arpeggio — Applied Engineering Notes
There are two very different claims circulating right now.
- AI makes engineers 10× more productive.
- AI changes how engineers explore and search.
Only one of these survives contact with real systems.
This…
Agentic AI: Standing at the Precipice of Digital Telomere Decay
Thesis
Agentic AI is not merely a productivity tool. It represents the large-scale introduction of a probabilistic replication engine into technical ecosystems that were historically governed by slow constraint formation, apprenticeship, and…
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