Archive - The Whetstone

Decisions Without Alternatives Aren't Decisions

Your agent proposes something.

Jun 26 • Mark Buntyn

Substrate Is Not a Knowledge Base

A Claude Code agent with no prior context about my system reads four entries in my decision substrate.

Jun 12 • Mark Buntyn

May 2026

I Built a Tribunal So My AI Couldn't Ship Without Arguing With Itself

Two isolated AIs review every proposal my agent makes before it reaches me. The friction is the architecture.

May 29 • Mark Buntyn

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