Notes.

Short observations from building systems, working with AI and shipping in public.

31 entries · One idea at a time · Updated Sep 19, 2026

13

No session, no message

I was writing into someone else's database. I read the schema. I understood the tables. I made the insert. It worked. What I missed wasn't h...

context-bridge Aug 6, 2026 1 min read
14

Use the real tool, not the side door

Mid-flow, it is tempting to reach for whatever glue moves the work instead of the tool you are building. While building the review chain for...

context-bridge Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
15

Why tombstones have no age cap

Unlinking an agent leaves a tombstone, so that agent's stale hooks become no-ops and a session started outside the bridge can never silently...

context-bridge Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
16

A code fix goes back for review

My review chain runs on one rule. If a reviewer's finding is about a test or a comment, I fix it and move on. If it is about code, I do not...

building Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
17

Make the test bite

A test that cannot fail proves nothing. Before I trust a regression test, I put the bug back, run the suite, and watch the test fail. Then I...

building Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
18

Enforce the rule where it is declared

Each agent adapter in context-bridge declares the CLI flags that would break a resumed session — seven for Grok, four for Antigravity. Decla...

building Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
19

The first one is the unbounded one

Every delta context-bridge sends is clipped to fit: summary first, as much conversation as there is room for, the rest parked in a checkpoin...

context-bridge Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
20

A hook delivers context, not a turn

Claude Code and Codex both take their handoff through a SessionStart hook. It is the cleanest road in — the delta arrives inside the convers...

context-bridge Aug 5, 2026 1 min read
21

Delivered means answered, not started

context-bridge used to record a handoff as delivered the moment the target agent's process started. That is the obvious place to put it: the...

context-bridge Aug 5, 2026 1 min read

Not tutorials. Decisions, failures and small things worth remembering.

22

The third time, a script does it

I have one rule for automation, and it is a counter, not a philosophy. Do it once by hand: fine. Twice: annoying, still fine. The third time...

automation Jul 28, 2026 1 min read
23

Constraints are a feature

The content pipeline behind my daughter's story brand runs on a single MacBook. Local image generation, local TTS, local orchestration. Clou...

building Jul 28, 2026 1 min read
24

Watch-only by design

para-radar collects Turkish lira yield opportunities: money market funds, deposit campaigns, daily interest accounts. It compares everything...

automation Jul 28, 2026 1 min read