audit
How to Test an AI Merge Gate Before You Trust It
A merge gate should prove that valid changes pass, unsafe changes fail for the right reasons, and local evidence never impersonates hosted review or deployment proof.
Archive
Articles
Long-form writing on static analysis, agent harnesses, and the missing verification layer between AI-generated code and production.
essay
The Missing Verification Layer for AI Software Engineers
Stronger coding agents do not make the harness obsolete. They make independent evidence about scope, validation, ownership, CI, and human review more important.