https://vbonnet.ai/tags/developer-productivity/ Recent content in Developer-Productivity on Valentin Bonnet Hugo en-us Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/escape-hatches/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/escape-hatches/ Every autonomous system needs circuit breakers. The ability to stop is as important as the ability to act. https://vbonnet.ai/blog/power-of-attorney/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/power-of-attorney/ Delegation to agents requires the same trust structures as legal delegation. Authority, accountability, and the chain of delegation. https://vbonnet.ai/blog/cognitive-debt/ Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/cognitive-debt/ Like technical debt, AI systems accumulate cognitive debt — stale context and misaligned mental models that compound over time. https://vbonnet.ai/blog/accepting-nondeterminism/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/accepting-nondeterminism/ Nondeterminism isn't a bug — it's a feature. Embrace variance, design for it. https://vbonnet.ai/blog/dont-prompt-your-agents-incentivize-them/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/dont-prompt-your-agents-incentivize-them/ Stop scripting agent behavior. Design the economic game so agents naturally converge on good outcomes. https://vbonnet.ai/blog/paradox-of-prevention/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/paradox-of-prevention/ Guardrails become invisible until you remove them. Like seatbelts — nobody notices them until they're gone. https://vbonnet.ai/blog/your-agent-isnt-lazy/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vbonnet.ai/blog/your-agent-isnt-lazy/ Agents are optimization engines, not employees. When they 'fail,' they're optimizing for exactly what you asked — you just asked badly.