Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
Building the Rig: An AI Practice Drawn to Spec
Louis Changeri presents a book about building an AI-augmented engineering practice with controlled access, git-backed memory, runbooks, and verification.
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The project describes AI-assisted engineering as a four-region system: read-only access, git-backed memory, executable runbooks, and artifact-based verification. Its stated contingencies include scoped credentials for unwanted writes, one-commit reversion for bad edits, and a second model challenging the first model’s reasoning. A repository-linked status panel lists 11 manuscript units, including “the-vault” and “version-ctrl,” while the page offers a first chapter and sample PDF.
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