Essays and notes on the systems around the model.https://julienhovan.com/https://julienhovan.com/writing/the-self-evolving-harness/https://julienhovan.com/writing/the-self-evolving-harness/Your harness belongs in git alongside your code. An org-wide workflow is just the starter template (H₀), and the real harness (H_repo) grows with the repo from experience.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://julienhovan.com/writing/the-new-compiler-and-the-loop/https://julienhovan.com/writing/the-new-compiler-and-the-loop/A model is a stateless zip file of the internet. Put it inside a harness while-loop and natural language becomes a compiler, shifting your job from typing code to intent, planning, and review.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://julienhovan.com/writing/everything-is-context/https://julienhovan.com/writing/everything-is-context/Working with agents is a loop optimization problem. Everything the agent knows is context, so store it on disk: Markdown for agents, HTML for humans.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://julienhovan.com/writing/build-for-someone-real/https://julienhovan.com/writing/build-for-someone-real/My best coding advice is to make something for yourself or someone you know, then let their real needs shape the work.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://julienhovan.com/writing/change-is-a-human-skill/https://julienhovan.com/writing/change-is-a-human-skill/I care about AI because technology changes culture, work, and the stories people can tell about what they are capable of.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://julienhovan.com/writing/the-difficult-bit/https://julienhovan.com/writing/the-difficult-bit/I tend to get attached to a hard problem and stay with it until there is a way through.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT