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Answer Four Questions Before You Prompt, So The Decision Actually Exists Somewhere
A one-file habit that stops your agent from re-guessing what you already decided.
Sep 10
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Don Demcsak
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You Ask The Agent Why It Built It That Way. It Doesn't Know Either
It's Saturday night, and you're eleven prompts deep into something that's actually working
Sep 8
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Don Demcsak
When "AI-Generated" Became a Red Flag in the Room
The room didn't go quiet because you used AI. It went quiet because your answer didn't have anywhere to land.
Sep 3
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Don Demcsak
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August 2026
The Green Checkmark Lie: Why "It Ran" Isn't the Same as "It Worked"
A green checkmark only proves the code ran. It never asked whether what ran was actually right.
Aug 31
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Don Demcsak
The Assistant That Started Doing Something You Never Asked It To
It never broke a rule. Nobody ever wrote one.
Aug 10
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Don Demcsak
Write the Check Before You Write the Prompt
One sentence, ninety seconds, before you touch the prompt box again.
Aug 6
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Don Demcsak
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The 4:47 PM Slack Message Every AI Builder Eventually Gets
Nothing was broken. That's what made it worse.
Aug 3
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Don Demcsak
July 2026
Pattern Drop: The “Never Let AI Do This” List
Because some moments really do need a human to make the call
Jul 30
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Don Demcsak
AI Governance Tools That Actually Stop Workflow Drift
Boundaries, constraints, checkpoints
Jul 27
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Don Demcsak
The H-Edges Pattern Drop: The AI Drift Guard
A simple pattern for preventing drift in multi‑step workflows
Jul 23
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Don Demcsak
The Loop: Human → Protocol → AI → Human
The canonical H‑Edges pattern
Jul 20
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Don Demcsak
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Pattern Drop: The Mini‑Protocol Template
The Smallest Repeatable Unit of AI Governance
Jul 16
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Don Demcsak
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