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Agent Debugging

Decision Quality

+5

"Why Did It Do That?": A 15-Minute Decision Investigation

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

"Why Did It Do That?": A 15-Minute Decision Investigation

One agent decision, a stopwatch, and only the artifacts you already keep.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Decision Quality

+6

The Senior-Engineer Tax: What an AI Incident Actually Costs to Diagnose

Sep 10, 2026

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4 min read

The Senior-Engineer Tax: What an AI Incident Actually Costs to Diagnose

Four numbers from your last AI incident. The first is the one everyone reaches for, and the least useful of the four.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Agent Debugging

+6

Triage by Stability: Deciding Which AI Decisions Deserve a Second Look

Sep 3, 2026

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4 min read

Triage by Stability: Deciding Which AI Decisions Deserve a Second Look

You can't review every decision an agent makes. Here's how to find the ones actually worth your time.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Agent Debugging

+4

A Field Guide to Diagnosing Silent Failures in Agents

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

A Field Guide to Diagnosing Silent Failures in Agents

Five stages, five diagnostic questions. A practical way to figure out where a silent failure actually started, using an incident you already have.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Decision Quality

+8

What to Log When Logs Aren't Enough: A Decision-Context Checklist

Jul 9, 2026

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3 min read

What to Log When Logs Aren't Enough: A Decision-Context Checklist

Every AI decision loses information the moment it's made. Here's a checklist for deciding what's worth preserving before it's gone.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Agent Debugging

+5

Behavior Tests That Catch What Evals Miss

Jul 2, 2026

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6 min read

Behavior Tests That Catch What Evals Miss

Your eval suite grades the output. Here's how to build tests that grade the decision instead, using conditions you can construct this week, no new platform required.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Decision Quality

+6

A First-Pass AI Cost Audit: Finding the Hidden Tax in Your Stack

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

A First-Pass AI Cost Audit: Finding the Hidden Tax in Your Stack

You don't need a FinOps team or a new platform to find where your AI spend leaks. You need to join your bill to your traces and run four passes. Here's the audit you can do this week.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

Decision Quality

+7

Instrumenting the "Why": Capturing Decision Context in Production

Jun 18, 2026

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5 min read

Instrumenting the "Why": Capturing Decision Context in Production

A practical, two-tier way to capture why your AI chose what it did — without rebuilding your stack.

Jamal Jackson
Jamal Jackson

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