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"If an LLM Extracts the Inputs, Is Your Deterministic Score Really Deterministic? Stopping Provenance Laundering"
Dev.to · John 1w ago
"If an LLM Extracts the Inputs, Is Your Deterministic Score Really Deterministic? Stopping Provenance Laundering"
No — a scoring function that consumes whatever values an LLM hands it is only deterministic in name; the LLM's judgment launders straight through the 'determini
"macOS: nslookup works but curl and Python \"Could not resolve host\" — the mDNSResponder zombie"
Dev.to · John 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
"macOS: nslookup works but curl and Python \"Could not resolve host\" — the mDNSResponder zombie"
When nslookup resolves a host but curl, pip, and Python fail with "Could not resolve host" on macOS, the mDNSResponder daemon has gone into a non-responsive zom
A focus app should treat blocked attempts like product analytics
Dev.to · John 📋 Product Management ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
A focus app should treat blocked attempts like product analytics
Most focus apps measure the easy thing. They count how long the timer ran. That is useful, but it...
The hardest screen in AI food logging is the empty state
Dev.to · John 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
The hardest screen in AI food logging is the empty state
The hardest part of an AI food logging app is not the model call. It is the first empty screen. If...
A file-based work-bus for orchestrating a fleet of agent CLIs — coordination without a message broker
Dev.to · John 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
A file-based work-bus for orchestrating a fleet of agent CLIs — coordination without a message broker
Coordinate independent agent CLIs without LangGraph or a message broker — atomic Task/Result files, capability-based routing, absent-worker skip for graceful de
AI food logging onboarding should teach recovery, not magic
Dev.to · John ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
AI food logging onboarding should teach recovery, not magic
Most AI app onboarding makes the same promise: give us a clean input and watch the magic...
How to make an AI research agent label facts vs inferences — a deterministic provenance pipeline
Dev.to · John 🤖 AI Agents & Automation ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
How to make an AI research agent label facts vs inferences — a deterministic provenance pipeline
Originally published on hexisteme notes, part of a series on building and running an AI agent...
Food logging UX should preserve momentum, not demand precision
Dev.to · John 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Food logging UX should preserve momentum, not demand precision
Most food logging apps fail in a very boring moment. Not when the AI model is wrong. Not when the...
AI food logging should optimize for the second tap
Dev.to · John 2w ago
AI food logging should optimize for the second tap
The first tap in a food logging app is obvious. Take a photo. Scan a barcode. Type what you...
AI food logging needs a confidence handoff, not a magic result
Dev.to · John 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
AI food logging needs a confidence handoff, not a magic result
The clean demo for an AI food logger is simple: take a photo get a perfect meal log move on That...
The best AI food logger is built for messy meals
Dev.to · John 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
The best AI food logger is built for messy meals
A lot of AI food logging demos look clean because the demo meal is clean. One plate. One obvious...
AI food logging should let users be vague first
Dev.to · John 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
AI food logging should let users be vague first
Most food logging apps accidentally ask for precision at the worst possible time. The user is...
AI food logging needs a review screen, not just a chatbot
Dev.to · John 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI food logging needs a review screen, not just a chatbot
I have been building MetricSync, an iPhone AI food logging app, and one UX lesson keeps getting...
AI food logging works better when every input is optional
Dev.to · John 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI food logging works better when every input is optional
I have been building MetricSync, an iPhone food logging app, and one product lesson keeps coming...
The food logging UI I want after the first guess is wrong
Dev.to · John 3w ago
The food logging UI I want after the first guess is wrong
The most important screen in an AI food logger is not the camera. It is the screen after the camera...
A photo is not always the fastest food log
Dev.to · John 3w ago
A photo is not always the fastest food log
A lot of AI food logging demos start with the same interaction. Open camera. Take a picture. AI...
The Loop That Wasn't on the Switches
Dev.to · John 3w ago
The Loop That Wasn't on the Switches
How a brand-new firewall took down international company for 37 minutes — and why LACP told us...
Building an AI food logger for the meals that do not photograph well
Dev.to · John 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Building an AI food logger for the meals that do not photograph well
I have been working on MetricSync, an iPhone AI food logging app, and one UX problem keeps coming...
What I changed after testing photo, barcode, and text food logging
Dev.to · John 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
What I changed after testing photo, barcode, and text food logging
I have been building MetricSync, an iPhone AI food logging app, and the biggest UX lesson so far is...
The hardest part of AI food logging is not the photo
Dev.to · John 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The hardest part of AI food logging is not the photo
I used to think the hardest part of AI food logging was the photo. Can the model recognize chicken?...