2026-09-23

Before I went away, I delivered the new activation server for our products.

The expectation was that the updated product builds would be ready and talking to it by the time I returned.

I even predicted they probably wouldn’t be.

And here we are.

One unexpected consequence of working extensively with AI agents is how accustomed I’ve become to the speed of the feedback loop. Specify an outcome, review the plan, implement, test, correct, repeat.

It doesn’t always work first time. Sometimes it makes a complete mess. But the next iteration can begin almost immediately.

Once you’re used to that, ordinary organisational latency becomes painfully visible.

If only my employees were agentic.